About Jessica
Jessica Willis is a licensed professional counselor in Mississippi with 23 years of experience. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, grief, or relationship concerns. Sessions focus on practical steps that fit daily life and personal values.
She uses a mix of methods to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of coping. That can mean working on thoughts and behaviors, learning emotional regulation skills, or clarifying what matters most.
Background and approach
Jessica aims to keep things simple and doable between sessions. Her background covers a wide range of concerns, from trauma and addiction to sleep and eating struggles. She also supports people facing caregiver strain, chronic illness, adoption and foster care issues, and life transitions.
That experience helps her tailor plans to each person's situation. Jessica emphasizes building resilience and stronger relationships with oneself and others. She pays attention to attachment patterns and how early experiences shape current reactions.
Practical homework and skill practice are common parts of the work. Clients can expect a steady, collaborative process that balances support with concrete tools. The goal is improved day-to-day functioning and clearer choices about next steps.
Jessica works with people who want straightforward guidance and a thoughtful, experienced counselor by their side.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match what matters to them. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and major life changes by focusing on values and committed action.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and coping with stressful situations.
Finding the right approach is part of the journey. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That might mean combining elements of different approaches and adjusting as progress is made.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth work and skill practice. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Chat or messaging can serve as quick check-ins or brief skill refreshers between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English