About Jessica
Jessica Messersmith-Miller is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in Ohio with 16 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for everyday problems like stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship struggles, grief, self-esteem, and ADHD. Jessica uses straightforward conversation and goal-focused work to help people move forward.
Her work combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. She listens for what matters most to each person, then helps identify doable steps.
Background and approach
Sessions often involve learning new habits, testing small changes, and tracking progress over time. Jessica also draws on motivational interviewing and narrative therapy to address motivation and the stories people tell about themselves. That can be useful for addictive behaviors, managing mood shifts, and changing unhelpful patterns.
She aims to help clients clarify values and build skills that fit their life. Her background includes many settings across Ohio, such as hospitals, hospice, jails, inpatient and outpatient programs, and alternative education. That variety informs a practical, results-minded approach when people face complex or overlapping issues like co-morbidity and caregiver stress.
Jessica offers several formats for contact, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. She works collaboratively to set goals and create plans that fit each person's schedule and needs.
How Jessica blends practical therapy with online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on what matters to the individual. The therapist listens without judging and helps people name goals and priorities. This approach is useful for anything from relationship concerns to grief or low self-worth.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions shape feelings. It uses simple experiments and new habits to reduce anxiety, depressive symptoms, and unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and stress management skills that can help with anxiety, mood swings, and impulse control.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that fit their needs. That collaborative process allows adjustments as progress is tracked and new challenges come up.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people have a face-to-face session when schedules allow. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit shorter questions, between-session support, and people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while trying different ways of working.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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