About Jessica
Jessica Colocho is a licensed social worker in Hawaii who helps people facing anxiety, stress, addiction struggles, grief, and relationship concerns. She communicates with respect and sensitivity and aims to create a calm, practical space for people to talk through what matters most to them. Her work blends straightforward skills and supportive listening.
She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thinking. She draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to clarify values and take workable steps.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used for emotional regulation and managing intense moments. Jessica adapts the pace to fit each person. Sessions focus on small, concrete steps people can try between meetings.
She also helps with communication problems, commitment issues, and challenges that come with life transitions like separation or caregiving. With 12 years of experience as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she has supported people through trauma, substance concerns, and grief. Jessica works in English and Spanish when helpful for the conversation.
Her approach centers on collaboration. She and the person set goals together and pick strategies that fit day-to-day life. The aim is to build skills that reduce distress and increase the ability to handle future challenges.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small, values-guided steps. It can help when anxiety or life changes make decisions feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, teaches tools to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication during heated moments.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and then try strategies that fit their life. Together they adjust the plan over time based on what helps and what does not.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls are good for a fuller conversation; phone works well when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, practicing skills, or shorter updates between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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