Jessica Wansley , LCSW

Jessica Wansley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Tennessee with 20 years of experience helping people move forward from stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, grief, and life transitions. She approaches therapy with an interactive, authentic manner and a focus on respect, compassion, and clear communication. Her training as an LCSW - a licensed professional who specializes in clinical social work - informs a practice that blends practical strategies with attention to each person’s broader life context.

Jessica views each person as a complex whole - including mind, body, and spirit - and collaborates to create treatment plans that fit individual needs and goals. She draws on client-centered work, cognitive-behavioral ideas, mindfulness practices, narrative approaches, and trauma-focused methods to address issues such as parenting challenges, addictions, intimacy concerns, anger, self-esteem, career strain, depression, and coping with major change.

Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, family of origin struggles, guilt and shame, isolation or loneliness, and recovery after loss or disaster. Jessica emphasizes tailored dialogue and concrete tools, supporting people as they take the steps toward greater wellbeing in their day-to-day lives.

Approaches That Guide Remote Healing and Growth

Jessica Wansley uses client-centered therapy to create a collaborative space where the person's priorities and experiences guide the work; this approach emphasizes empathy, respect, and supporting a client’s own strengths as they set goals and make changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and shift unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, offering practical skills for managing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers structured ways to address the effects of traumatic experiences, helping people process and reduce the ways past events continue to interfere with daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Jessica works together with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and personal preferences. That collaborative stance helps tailor sessions to what will be most useful in real life.

Online therapy makes those approaches accessible through multiple formats. Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options help people connect with licensed professionals from wherever they are and to fit therapeutic work into busy lives.