About Ibi
Ibi Jessica Jeremiah, LCSW, brings a down-to-earth and person-centered style to therapy. She emphasizes honesty, warmth, and practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. Sessions are grounded in lived experience and cultural awareness, not jargon.
She writes and speaks plainly to help clients take small, manageable steps forward. Ibi draws on six years of clinical experience across community settings. That work has included maternal and child health, services for homeless youth, traumatic brain injury-related care, HIV support, and community mental health programs.
Background and approach
These roles shaped how she helps people navigate institutions and real-life obstacles. Her practice centers on culturally grounded care that honors a client’s identity and background. She uses a mix of clinical techniques alongside body-focused methods and sound bowl healing.
In practical terms this can mean talking through stress, noticing how the body holds tension, and using focused breathing or gentle somatic exercises in session. Ibi often works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports career questions, compassion fatigue, and parenting-related stress.
Additional focuses include multicultural concerns, polyamory and non-monogamous relationships, postpartum depression, pregnancy and childbirth, and sexual assault recovery. Sessions are offered in English and Ibi accepts international clients. She practices from Illinois and identifies as a Black, queer, polyamorous parent and creative, which informs her perspective and approach.
The work aims to be collaborative, practical, and attuned to each person’s life and goals.
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Many people find a mix of talk-based strategies and body-centered work helpful. One approach she uses is clinical talk therapy focused on identifying thoughts and patterns that increase stress and anxiety. This helps people recognize unhelpful reactions and practice new ways of responding. Another element is somatic techniques which pay attention to bodily sensations and teach simple exercises to release tension and regulate the nervous system. These techniques are useful for trauma, anxiety, and stress-related symptoms.Finding the right fit is a team effort. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose which approaches to try based on your needs, goals, and what feels manageable. Adjustments are normal - methods are layered in slowly and tailored to how each person responds.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for longer therapy sessions and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or movement is a concern. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions or fit brief conversations into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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