About Jessica
Jessica Gum is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) who practices in South Carolina and has eight years of experience. She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and concerns related to LGBTQ matters. Jessica aims to make first steps feel manageable for people who are nervous about starting therapy.
She approaches work with the view that each person is the expert on their own life.
Background and approach
That means sessions center on the client’s story and strengths. Jessica helps people name what is hardest, try new ways of coping, and build on what already works. In sessions she offers straightforward support for trauma and abuse recovery and for panic and social anxiety concerns.
She also assists with issues around abandonment, control, communication problems, and feelings of guilt or shame. Practical skills and small experiments are used to reduce overwhelming moments and increase daily functioning. Jessica also supports people facing chronic illness or pain and those navigating questions of sexuality and women’s issues.
Conversations can cover relationships, loneliness, and ways to increase self-love and confidence. The tone is collaborative, direct, and respectful. To begin, she guides people through clear steps for scheduling and what to expect at first.
The goal is steady progress over time, with attention to what the person needs right now.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Jessica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and gradual change. One approach emphasizes learning coping skills for anxiety and panic - clients learn breathing and grounding exercises, then practice them between sessions to reduce intense symptoms. Another common focus is trauma recovery work that helps people process difficult memories and reduce their impact on daily life through paced, step-by-step methods.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will ask about concerns, preferences, and what the person hopes to change, then suggest approaches to try together. That collaborative plan can be adjusted as progress is tracked and goals evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat gives a quick check-in option, and messaging supports brief updates or steady support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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