About Jessica
Jessica Busekist is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings ten years of experience supporting people who are dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, and other mood concerns. Jessica aims to meet each person where they are and help them figure out practical next steps.
She centers sessions on what the client wants to work on and lets the client guide the pace. That can look like building coping skills, talking through painful memories, or planning small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Jessica offers straightforward feedback and gentle encouragement during this process. Her background includes work in diverse settings with a wide range of concerns. She draws from client-centered therapy to keep the focus on the person in front of her.
She also uses EMDR for people who want to address trauma and Motivational Interviewing when someone is trying to make a behavior change. Jessica often helps people handle life transitions, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and grief. She also supports those facing relationship difficulties, parenting strain, or challenges with self-esteem and purpose.
Sessions are geared toward real-world problem solving rather than abstract theory. In session, she works collaboratively to set goals and practice new strategies. The aim is to leave people feeling more able to cope and more confident about next steps.
Jessica offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and preferences and creates space to talk through worries and plan changes. It works well for anxiety, stress, relationship concerns, and mood struggles because the client leads the pace and topics.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, is a structured method used to reduce the impact of painful memories and trauma. In online sessions it can be adapted so people process difficult events while guided by the therapist, which can help with post-traumatic stress and longstanding trauma symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they may try different techniques and adjust as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet when in-person visits are hard to arrange. Video calls let people read facial cues and have a longer session. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when movement or visuals are distracting. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, brief reflections, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or health challenges.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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