About Jessica
Jessica Herz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports clients dealing with grief, addiction, sleep or eating concerns, and major life changes. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical steps that make daily life easier.
Her approach blends several methods to match each person's needs. She uses elements of Client-Centered care to build trust and DBT skills for emotion regulation.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking that feeds anxiety or depression. Jessica draws on ten years of experience working with a wide range of concerns. That includes mood disorders, bipolar challenges, ADHD, attachment and abandonment issues, and problems with boundaries or codependency.
She also addresses caregiver stress, career strain, intimacy questions, and blended family dynamics. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical tools. Clients can expect skill-building practice, communication coaching, and steps for managing urges or cravings when addiction is involved.
The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort. Therapy is offered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Jessica speaks English and provides services to people located in Florida.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair someone with the right plan and schedule.
How Jessica’s Methods Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding, and building a respectful relationship so people feel heard and can explore what matters most. It helps when someone needs a steady, accepting space to sort through feelings and decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses simple exercises and homework to change patterns that feed anxiety, depression, or low self-esteem. This approach is useful for managing symptoms and building new habits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and reducing harmful behaviors. It includes practices for mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and effective communication.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review goals, struggles, and preferences together and recommend a mix of methods that fit. Sessions are collaborative, with regular check-ins to adjust the plan as progress happens.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone is useful when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging can help with shorter updates, quick coping strategies, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English