About Jessica
Jessica Paliswiat is a licensed mental health counselor in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, relationship strain, and life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Sessions aim to build coping skills, improve communication, and ease overwhelming emotions.
Jessica uses straightforward, person-centered methods to meet people where they are. She listens closely and works with each person to set clear, manageable goals.
Background and approach
Her style is collaborative and respectful, with an emphasis on small changes that add up over time. Her work covers many concerns, including caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, substance use, isolation, and issues that come with aging. She also supports people dealing with panic attacks, seasonal mood changes, grief, and struggles with self-esteem and life purpose.
Therapy draws on a mix of approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused tools. Jessica tailors these tools to the individual rather than following a fixed script. With eight years of clinical experience, she brings calm focus and practical problem-solving to sessions.
People meet by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit busy days and different needs. The goal is steady progress and clearer next steps between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that fit their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and finding meaning during life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and seasonal mood changes.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility that fits many schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face work when interaction and nonverbal cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit a short appointment into a busy day. These options help people keep steady momentum while working on practical skills and coping strategies.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English