About Jessica
Jessica Sorbello is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She brings 11 years of clinical experience to conversations about grief, addiction, anger, self-esteem, and mood concerns. Jessica aims to make sessions feel approachable and down-to-earth for people who are worried and seeking change.
She creates an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Sessions focus on understanding emotions and learning new ways to cope.
Background and approach
Jessica uses practical tools to help people handle cravings, manage intense feelings, or sleep and eating troubles. Her work often blends client-centered care with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Those approaches help identify patterns, shift unhelpful thoughts, and build skills for emotional regulation.
Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing are added when they suit a person’s goals. Jessica emphasizes collaboration. She helps people set realistic goals and chooses strategies that match their needs and pace.
Progress is framed as steady steps rather than sudden fixes. People come to her for help with relationship strain, parenting stress, career transitions, ADHD challenges, and coping with life changes like loss or upheaval. She supports exploration of identity and issues related to LGBT concerns.
Sessions are practical, focused, and aimed at increasing day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches online and how they help
Jessica often combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience, helping people feel heard and guiding them to set their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.Dialectical behavior therapy is also a common part of her approach. DBT teaches skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal communication. These tools can be useful for anxiety, mood swings, relationship conflict, and impulsive behaviors.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jessica collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts strategies over time based on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to stay connected. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more interaction is helpful. Phone sessions and live chat can fit into busy schedules or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Text-based messaging supports quick check-ins and ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make it simpler to access regular support and to keep momentum during change.
Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Jessica address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
What session formats are available?
How are sessions paid for and how do I begin?
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.