About Jess
Jess Quessenberry is a licensed marriage and family therapist who aims to put people at ease from the first session. Jess speaks plainly and welcomes honest conversation, including humor when it helps. Many come to Jess feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or big life changes and want clear, practical ways forward.
Jess keeps sessions relaxed and direct. They listen first and help people name what matters most. Then they work with each person to set small goals and try steps that can reduce distress and improve daily life.
Background and approach
With eight years of clinical experience, Jess draws on several therapy approaches to match what a person needs. That can look like focusing on thoughts and behaviors in a few sessions, practicing simple mindfulness skills, or talking through patterns from the past that still cause trouble now.
Jess also brings personal understanding around neurodiversity, trauma, caregiving strain, and diverse sexual and gender identities. They are comfortable discussing kink, attachment concerns, intimacy questions, and parenting stresses without judgment. People meet Jess for many reasons - anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, ADHD, or career and identity questions.
Sessions are conversational, practical, and focused on what will make daily life a bit easier.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following a person's lead to figure out what matters most. Online, this looks like conversational appointments where the therapist reflects concerns and helps prioritize goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and tests small changes to see what helps. Over video or text, CBT can be used to practice new skills, try brief exercises between sessions, and track progress.Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust over time. People often test a few ways of working before settling on what feels most useful.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are close to in-person sessions and allow visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, timely support between appointments, and a way to share thoughts when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches above to address anxiety, stress, relationship concerns, and more.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, California
- Languages
- English
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