About Jessica
Jessica Bolin Edwards is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and trauma. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what each person is facing. Her style is warm and interactive, and she aims to make therapy feel approachable and goal-oriented.
She has eight years of clinical experience in settings such as residential care, mobile crisis teams, outpatient services, and in-home work.
Background and approach
That variety means she has supported people through a wide range of challenges and levels of need. She often sees people coping with life transitions, relationship or family conflicts, and complex trauma or abuse. Jessica uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral work and client-centered methods to shape sessions.
She also draws on mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and EMDR when those approaches fit a person’s goals. Sessions are tailored to each person with concrete steps and clear goals to track progress. She pays attention to respect, sensitivity, and avoiding stigmatizing labels.
Conversations are collaborative; the person and Jessica work together to decide what feels most useful. Jessica also helps parents and caretakers navigate adoption, foster care challenges, and attachment concerns. Therapy with Jessica can include short-term coping skills or longer work on deeper trauma.
People are encouraged to take the first step when they feel ready, and Jessica offers support aimed at practical change and greater day-to-day wellbeing.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's lead. Sessions focus on understanding concerns from the client's perspective and building a trusting working relationship, which can help with anxiety, self-esteem, and relationship struggles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and short homework tasks to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a technique used to help process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity. When appropriate, it can be part of a plan for people dealing with complex trauma and abuse.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and what feels most comfortable. Together they decide whether to focus on skill-building, trauma processing, or a mix of methods.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low. Live chat or text messaging support brief check-ins, written coaching, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily routines while using methods that match individual needs.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English