About Jessica
Jessica Steinmetz is a licensed mental health counselor who offers practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, or low self-worth. She works with adults who want straightforward support to manage symptoms and build healthier habits. Jessica brings a calm, respectful presence and focuses on the next steps a person can take.
With ten years of experience, she guides conversations to uncover strengths people already have. She uses clear, goal-focused tools to address substance and process addictions, smoking or vaping cessation, and problems with impulse control.
Background and approach
She also helps with relationship trouble, communication problems, isolation, and money-related stress. Her approach draws on Client-Centered Therapy to create a listening, accepting space. She integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns of thinking that feed anxiety or low mood.
Motivational Interviewing informs how she supports people making difficult changes, such as reducing substance use or stopping a harmful habit. Jessica holds New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor and New Jersey Licensed Professional Counselor credentials. In sessions she moves at a practical pace, focusing on skills you can use between meetings and steps you can try right away.
She frames progress as small, steady changes rather than sudden fixes. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. People who want to start can complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
The subscription model used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
How Jessica’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust so people can speak openly about what matters to them. It helps when someone needs an accepting space to sort through feelings and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It helps break cycles of anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful habits by testing new ways of thinking and acting.
Motivational Interviewing is a short-term, goal-focused way to boost motivation for change. It is useful for decisions about reducing substance use, starting cessation, or changing risky behaviors.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Jessica works together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills together. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a quieter space is available. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use brief coaching-style messages when a short update is needed. These options help therapy fit into work, family, and daily life.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English