- Stress and anxiety
- Depression support
- Trauma and attachment
About Jessica
Dr. Jessica Hughes is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri with eight years of clinical experience. She works with young adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Jessica focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier in day-to-day life.
She helps people name what feels hard and tries to make conversations direct and understandable. Sessions involve looking at thoughts, behaviors, and feelings, and testing small changes that can lead to clearer choices. Jessica uses a mix of approaches including cognitive behavioral ideas and emotion-focused work to address patterns that keep problems going.
Clients often bring worries about leaving home, first jobs, school pressure, relationships, and feeling stuck. Jessica pays attention to attachment, abandonment, and communication issues that commonly show up in those areas. She also supports people dealing with body image concerns, caregiver stress, codependency, and loneliness.
Her style leans toward practical, evidence-informed techniques alongside person-centered listening. That means she listens first, then offers tools like emotion regulation skills or values-based steps to try between sessions. People can expect straightforward feedback, clear goals, and work they can apply outside the session.
Jessica practices in Missouri and conducts sessions in English. Her background is grounded in eight years of work with adults facing mood, trauma-related, and life-transition challenges. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and feeling stuck when life changes make choices feel overwhelming.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In practice this means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new ways of responding to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate on which approaches to try based on the client's goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying a strategy for a few weeks and adjusting it if it does not fit.
Confirm the exact session options before booking because the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, avoid travel time, or check in from a break at work or between classes. Talk with the service about which formats are available and which will best match your schedule and needs.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment, body image, caregiver stress, and loneliness.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach combines listening with practical tools. She uses emotion-focused and cognitive-behavioral methods alongside client-centered listening to set clear goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional work experience supporting adults with mood and trauma-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor, licensed in Missouri, and practices there.
Can I see her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted. Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Please check the platform or contact the service to learn which formats she offers.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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