- Strengths focused
- Skills and values
- Work and wellbeing
About Jessica
Jessica Lareau is a licensed clinical social worker with over a decade of experience helping people navigate stress, depression, relationship struggles, and addiction concerns. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps they can take. She emphasizes each person's strengths and works alongside them toward clearer goals.
Jessica listens for what matters most and helps clients break large problems into doable actions. Sessions often center on learning new coping skills, noticing unhelpful patterns, and making small changes that add up. She encourages people to name values that guide choices and to try techniques that fit their daily life.
Her background includes work with people facing grief, career transitions, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people managing bipolar mood challenges and substance use concerns. Jessica draws on a mix of therapy approaches to match a person’s needs rather than using a single method for everyone.
Clients can expect a calm, straightforward approach that balances practical skill-building with attention to underlying themes. She aims to create space for honest talk, and to help people find clearer direction when life feels overwhelming.
Jessica holds an MA and practices in Massachusetts as an LICSW. She offers services in English and brings 14 years of professional experience to her work with individuals focused on improving wellbeing at home and at work.
How Jessica’s approaches can work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions that match those values. It’s useful for people feeling stuck, coping with life changes, or wanting clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. It is often used for depression, anxiety, and coping with stressful work demands. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and communication, which can help when emotions feel overwhelming or when relationships are strained.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. That collaborative process guides whether to emphasize ACT, CBT, DBT skills, motivational interviewing techniques, or psychodynamic reflection over time.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy work and family schedules. It can reduce travel time and allow brief check-ins on days when a shorter conversation is helpful. Because session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm current options before booking so you know how sessions will be delivered. Therapists and licensed professionals often adapt exercises and skill practices so they work well in remote sessions and help clients apply changes in everyday life.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
14+ years
Credentials
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Jessica commonly address?
She helps people with addictions, depression, relationship and family problems, self-esteem, grief, career and work-related wellbeing, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, combining skill-building with attention to personal values and patterns that maintain problems.
What kind of professional experience does she have?
She brings 14 years of professional experience working with people facing stress, mood challenges, addiction, grief, and life transitions.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
She holds an MA and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.