About Jessica
Jessica Saxton is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York. She brings ten years of professional experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier.
Jessica works with adults facing grief, low self-esteem, life changes, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people coping with addiction, career transitions, bipolar disorder, and depression. Sessions are shaped around each person’s situation and goals.
Background and approach
Her conversations are direct and respectful. She listens for what matters most and uses simple tools that fit daily life. Jessica aims to make sessions useful and straightforward rather than full of jargon.
In therapy she draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking. She also uses mindfulness to build attention to the present moment. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help clients set small, achievable goals.
Jessica welcomes people who are ready to try new strategies and practice between sessions. She helps people build confidence and coping skills at a steady pace. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Clients find the process helpful for managing stress, navigating loss, or tackling persistent worries. Jessica explains each step and adjusts plans as progress is made. Her aim is to help people move toward clearer choices and greater well-being.
Approaches for online work and practical change
Jessica uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change thoughts that feed anxiety and low mood. CBT focuses on small, concrete changes in thinking and behavior that can reduce worry and improve daily functioning.She also uses mindfulness therapy to build attention and calm. Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to notice sensations and thoughts without getting pulled into them, which can be helpful for stress and grief.
Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are. Phone sessions are a lighter option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging provide short check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats make scheduling and continuity easier for busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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