About Jessica
Jessica Hobart is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical support for grief, self-esteem, motivation, and major life changes. Her tone is straightforward and encouraging for someone taking the first step toward help.
She has four years of professional experience and holds LCSW credentials in Illinois and Wisconsin as well as Iowa. Jessica aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they are feeling and thinking.
Background and approach
Sessions are intended to be collaborative and paced to each person's needs. In conversations she uses clear, simple language and works with clients to set small, achievable goals. That might include ways to handle overwhelming days, build confidence, or adjust after a loss.
She also addresses compassion fatigue and stress that comes from caregiving or workplace pressure. Jessica pays attention to how life events and practical problems affect emotional health. She helps people sort through guilt, shame, and concerns about body image, money, or substance use when those issues are part of what they are facing.
Her approach is focused on steps you can try between sessions. Clients find sessions useful for making decisions, reducing daily strain, and gaining a clearer sense of next steps. Jessica welcomes people who prefer online care and who want direct, down-to-earth help getting back to a steadier routine.
How Jessica’s approaches work online
Jessica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practical steps. One common approach emphasizes coping skills for stress and anxiety, teaching breathing, grounding, and problem-solving strategies that can be practiced between sessions. Another approach centers on grief and life transitions, helping people process loss, make meaning, and rebuild routines that support daily functioning.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Jessica will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. If something isn’t working, she will adjust the plan so therapy stays relevant and useful for the client’s situation.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients share updates or get brief support between scheduled talks. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum while working toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa
- Languages
- English
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