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Jessica Canty

Therapist · District of Columbia

Jessica Canty

LICSW

Career-focused LICSW guiding career and life transitions

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  • Stress and anxiety
  • Trauma recovery
  • Workplace issues

About Jessica

Jessica Canty is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 14 years of experience helping people through major life changes and career-related challenges. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety. Her work also addresses trauma, grief, self-esteem, and workplace concerns. She uses clear, down-to-earth methods to help people find stability after hard events. Sessions often include goal-setting, skill practice, and short exercises to manage strong feelings. Jessica pays attention to how identity and discrimination affect wellbeing and brings cultural awareness into conversations. Jessica often supports clients dealing with blended family dynamics, parenting strain, and caregiving stress. She also works with people navigating divorce, separation, or domestic violence recovery. Her practice includes attention to body image, life purpose, and rebuilding self-love after shame or guilt. Career-related stress and workplace issues are a common focus. Jessica helps people clarify priorities, set boundaries, and explore next steps at work. Coaching-style conversations may be used alongside clinical approaches to support decision-making and action. Her sessions are meant to be collaborative and paced to each person. She aims to create a calm space to talk through problems, try new strategies, and track small changes over time.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changesCoaching

Additional focus areas

BDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameLife purposePost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

14+ years

Credentials

District of Columbia

Languages

English

Therapeutic approaches for online career and life work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, career uncertainty, and making big life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical experiments to change behavior and mood. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and workplace stress. Client-Centered Therapy centers conversations on the client's experience, offering empathy and support while the client sets the pace and goals for change.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, then adapt methods as work unfolds. That means trying an approach and adjusting it based on what helps most in real life.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins on a break, or reduce travel time around work. In remote sessions, the therapist can use exercises, mindfulness practices, and brief homework to support progress between meetings, and sessions are shaped to fit each person's schedule and goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Jessica typically address?

She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, career matters, compassion fatigue, relationships, family and parenting challenges, self-esteem, and depression.

What is her general therapy style?

Her style is practical and collaborative, using goal-setting, skills practice, and conversational coaching alongside therapeutic tools to help clients move forward.

How much experience does she have?

Jessica has 14 years of clinical experience working with adults on life transitions, workplace concerns, and trauma recovery.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds a LICSW, and her practice is based in the District of Columbia.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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