About Jessica
Dr. Jessica Dennis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia who focuses on practical, evidence-based help for anxiety and stress. She uses plain conversation and supportive guidance to help people figure out next steps.
Her style aims to reduce overwhelm and make problem-solving feel achievable. With 11 years of experience, she has worked with people facing career pressure, compassion fatigue, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports those dealing with addictions, anger, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and adjustments during life changes.
Background and approach
First responder concerns and multicultural stressors are additional areas she addresses. Her sessions emphasize openness and nonjudgmental listening. She helps people name what is most troubling, sort priorities, and try small changes that can build momentum.
Coaching skills and practical strategies are part of her approach when career or executive issues are involved. Dr. Dennis commonly uses live chat messaging and coordinates times that fit evening schedules.
She explains the next steps clearly and encourages people who feel unsure to reach out and try an initial match. People who contact her can expect straightforward conversation, clear follow-up ideas, and a focus on what can be done between contacts to ease daily strain. She aims to make the process understandable for someone taking a first step toward feeling better.
Practical approaches for online anxiety care
Dr. Dennis draws on straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help people manage anxiety and stress. One approach focuses on skills training - teaching breathing and attention skills, step-by-step behavior changes, and ways to break tasks into smaller parts. These techniques help reduce immediate overwhelm and make daily routines easier to manage.Another common element is problem-focused coaching. This involves setting clear goals around work, career transitions, or role strain and then working through concrete steps to reach those goals. Coaching techniques are useful for executive or professional pressures and for people who want structured, action-oriented support.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to identify which techniques match their needs, goals, and what feels most comfortable. That partnership shapes session plans and homework between contacts.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video can support face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can fit brief check-ins or scheduled evening slots. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work and family demands and to try different formats until a good fit is found.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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