About Jean
Jean Kilsheimer Caserta is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage anxiety, stress, grief, parenting strain, and life transitions. She brings a calm, direct style and a long history of working with individuals across many situations. She began as a teacher and later became a behavioral specialist.
Those early roles shaped how she listens and responds. Jean earned a Master of Science in Family Therapy from Nova Southeastern University and holds a Florida LMFT license.
Background and approach
Her work draws on approaches that match the person in front of her. She uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the client. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and create small, doable behavior changes.
Jean spent decades in school systems, church programs, and independent practice. That variety taught her to adapt therapy to different needs, from parenting challenges to coping with chronic illness and addiction concerns. She emphasizes practical steps and clear communication in sessions.
She speaks English and French and accepts international clients. Jean also notes extensive experience with issues such as attachment concerns, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. Her background as a parent and caregiver informs a compassionate, pragmatic approach.
People who want straight talk combined with warmth often connect with Jean. She encourages a collaborative process where clients set goals and test new ways of doing things between sessions.
Practical approaches for online anxiety and life challenges
Jean combines client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people manage anxiety and stress. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, reflecting the client's concerns, and letting the client's priorities guide each session. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors, helping people notice unhelpful thinking and try small behavior experiments to reduce anxiety.She also draws on motivational interviewing when change feels difficult; that approach helps people identify their own reasons for change and build motivation in a nonjudgmental way. Choosing the right approach is collaborative - Jean will talk with the client about goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are useful for full sessions with visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging helps with ongoing support between sessions. These options let clients access consistent help from home, work, or while traveling and make it easier to keep momentum during life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, French
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