About Jessica
Jessica Yetto is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings 25 years of experience to her work. She focuses on clear, practical steps to ease overwhelming feelings. She speaks plainly and helps people learn specific coping skills for daily life.
Her background includes many years working with people who have serious mental health needs. Most recently she has been providing intake evaluations, crisis intervention, and short-term counseling in a jail setting.
Background and approach
That work sharpened her focus on quick, targeted strategies that can be used in stressful situations. Jessica often uses solution-focused methods to identify immediate goals and small changes that move someone forward. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thinking patterns, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness practices to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.
These approaches are used to help with anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction concerns, and mood-related issues. She has worked in transitional housing, as a mobile therapist, and as a behavioral specialist consultant. Jessica has supervised a family support program and collaborated with prescribers to coordinate care when medication questions arise.
Her experience includes evaluating suicide risk and supporting staff after traumatic events. People who choose Jessica can expect direct, goal-oriented sessions that prioritize coping skills and real-world problem solving. She aims to expand into outpatient work to offer longer-term counseling beyond crisis-focused care.
Online therapy approaches and practical benefits
Jessica commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and mood problems. CBT focuses on making small, practical changes to thinking and behavior that reduce distress.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy strategies and mindfulness practices to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and grounding skills. These tools are useful for strong emotions, impulsivity, and situations that feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review your needs and goals and suggest which methods to try first, then adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist work together to set clear, achievable goals and track progress over time.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone can be lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or brief homework review. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and busy schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English