Jessica Erickson

Jessica Erickson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting strains, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, self-esteem struggles, bipolar mood concerns, and life changes. Jessica emphasizes a warm, approachable style and treats each person with respect and care.

She draws on a mix of client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, and trauma-focused work. Sessions are tailored to what a person needs in the moment, with treatment plans shaped around individual goals. Jessica aims to make sessions practical and straightforward, offering tools people can use between meetings.

Clients can expect a therapist who listens first and follows the client's lead as they map out next steps. Jessica uses plain language, a calm presence, and occasional gentle humor when it fits. She centers the client's own experience and priorities in designing support.

Her background includes five years working as a counselor in Missouri. That experience includes supporting people with mood disorders, obsessive and compulsive concerns, attachment and adoption-related issues, dissociation, domestic violence, and caregiving stress. Jessica works with a wide range of life circumstances and layers of difficulty.

Jessica welcomes people who want collaborative, practical help for trauma-related concerns and everyday struggles. Prospective clients are invited to consider whether this style feels like a good match for their needs before scheduling.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on helping people process past harm and reduce its impact on daily life. It often uses gradual, paced work to revisit painful memories while building safety and coping skills. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's own perspective and priorities, offering empathic listening and support while the client leads the pace and direction of sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Jessica will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means checking in often and adjusting techniques as progress and circumstances change.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available formats before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets therapists share worksheets, practice skills in real time, and support people through everyday situations as they come up. Talk with the therapist during the matching process to learn which approaches and session arrangements will work best for your situation.