- 10 years experience
- Adoption and foster care focus
- Practical coping skills
About Jessica
Jessica Hodges is a licensed social worker with ten years of professional experience. She welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life transitions and wants to help them find clearer ways forward.
She focuses on building a calm, open space where clients can say what’s on their mind without judgment. Sessions emphasize listening first, then practical steps to manage difficult feelings and recurring problems. Jessica uses straightforward tools to help with relationships, parenting concerns, grief, and challenges like addiction or bipolar mood shifts.
Her work often centers on connection and attachment, which can be useful for people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care topics, or family of origin issues. She also addresses body image, intimacy questions, communication problems, and stress faced by caregivers.
Jessica blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered techniques to follow the client’s lead, cognitive behavioral strategies to change harmful thinking and behavior patterns, and dialectical skills for emotional regulation when strong feelings get in the way of daily life.
People who start with her can expect straightforward conversation, goal-focused planning, and practical homework between meetings when it helps. She works with English-speaking clients in Kansas and encourages those interested to take the first step toward scheduling a session.
How her approaches fit into online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people understand patterns of closeness and distance, which can be useful for those navigating adoption and foster care topics or abandonment concerns. Client-Centered Therapy centers on the client's perspective and pace; the therapist follows the person's lead and offers empathy and reflection to help clarify goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions, offering concrete strategies to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful behaviors.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to figure out what methods fit best for their goals, preferences, and daily life. This can mean trying different techniques and checking in often to see what helps most.
For practical online therapy logistics, confirm the session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into a busy week. It also allows for shorter check-ins when days are tight, and makes it simpler to join from a location with fewer distractions or lower travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skill practice to work well in remote sessions so that progress continues between meetings.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Kansas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, grief, addictions, and a broad set of related topics such as ADHD, body image, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and direct. She listens first, then uses practical tools and short-term strategies to address thoughts, behaviors, and emotions.
What is her background and experience?
She holds a Kansas Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) credential and has ten years of professional experience working with people from diverse backgrounds.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is licensed in Kansas as an LSCSW and practices with that regional licensure.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries schedule sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.