Jessica Hanson

Jessica Hanson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing grief, loss, and major life changes. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, caregiver fatigue, and the emotional work that comes with serious illness and end-of-life decisions.

She takes a straightforward, person-focused approach in sessions. Jessica listens first and helps people name what matters to them. She offers practical tools to manage strong emotions, improve sleep, and handle the daily demands of caregiving or chronic illness.

Her practice draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and acceptance-based methods to change unhelpful patterns and build values-driven action. Attachment-informed strategies are used to look at relationship patterns and improve communication. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered when people need tools for distress tolerance and emotion regulation.

Jessica has worked for more than 10 years supporting individuals and caregivers, including people affected by dementia and mood-related concerns. She has particular experience with grief that follows illness, terminal care, and pet loss, and she helps people process the complicated emotions those situations bring.

Clients can expect a calm, respectful space to talk things through and to develop a plan that fits their life. Jessica aims to empower people with practical coping skills and clearer next steps as they move through difficult transitions.

How Jessica’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small steps that align with those values while accepting difficult feelings. It can help people facing grief, caregiving stress, or life changes to act toward what matters despite pain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, depression, and coping with caregiving demands. Attachment-Based Therapy examines relationship patterns and how early connections shape current responses; it can help with communication problems, commitment concerns, and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That may mean mixing approaches and trying tools in-session to see what helps most.

Because session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy caregiving schedule, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins on high-stress days. It also allows people to practice skills in their usual routines and bring real-life situations into the conversation to adapt strategies that actually work.