About Jessalyn
Jessalyn Wininger uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people make meaningful changes in their lives. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri and brings four years of clinical experience to sessions. Her style is direct and supportive, aimed at helping people build skills and confidence to face difficult moments.
She focuses on a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues related to LGBT identity.
Background and approach
She also helps with parenting stress, anger, sleep troubles, addictions, and challenges like low self-esteem or coping with life changes. Jessalyn pays attention to how past attachment experiences shape current relationships and behavior. Jessalyn relies on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness techniques to create clear, manageable steps for clients.
Sessions may include skill practice, values clarification, and small behavior experiments to test new ways of coping. She encourages people to notice what matters to them and to take concrete steps toward those goals. Her work emphasizes collaboration.
Jessalyn treats each person as the expert on their own story and supports them in building on their strengths. She aims for straightforward guidance, practical tools, and steady encouragement while people try new strategies. Outside the therapy room she values plain language and realistic goals.
Her approach is intended for people who want direct help with symptoms and patterns, and who prefer a mix of skills practice and reflective conversation.
Online approaches that focus on skills and values
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to accept difficult feelings. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors through practical exercises and homework. It often helps with panic, mood issues, sleep problems, and coping with stress. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment coping for stress and emotional ups and downs.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Decisions are made together so the work fits the person’s needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging can provide quick check-ins, brief skills coaching, or steady support between longer appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English