About Jessica
Jessica Criner is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping people cope with stress and anxiety. She works with individuals facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, and low self-esteem. Jessica writes simply and directly with people who feel overwhelmed by big life changes.
She draws on several practical therapy methods to guide healing. Sessions often look at how past hurts and attachment wounds affect current reactions.
Background and approach
Jessica helps people name what’s happening, spot patterns, and try small changes that make daily life feel more manageable. Her approach balances emotional exploration with skill building. For someone dealing with panic or persistent worry she may help identify avoidant habits and introduce tools to reduce fear and increase choice.
For relationship or family concerns she helps people understand interaction cycles and create safer ways to connect. Jessica has seven years of clinical experience working in California settings. She brings attention to issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, blended family stress, codependency, infidelity, and the effects of multicultural or immigration-related challenges.
She also supports people facing grief, hospice and end-of-life matters, and postpartum depression. Language of work is English and sessions are offered online in multiple formats. Practical matters like scheduling and cost use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step match people with her practice.
Therapeutic approaches for online anxiety and relationship work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take actions that match their values, even when worry or fear is present. It often focuses on willingness to feel difficult thoughts while moving toward meaningful goals.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current reactions and relationship patterns. This approach helps people understand triggers, build more supported ways of connecting, and address abandonment or attachment concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That shared planning can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow for face-to-face interaction, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide ongoing support between sessions or a way to share thoughts without scheduling a full session. These options increase flexibility and help people keep therapy consistent during times of change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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