- Trauma informed
- Practical coping skills
- Career aware
About Jessica
Jessica Katz is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting strain, relationship problems, career shifts, and related concerns. She has worked in mental health for more than two decades and brings calm, steady support to practical problems. Jessica practices from Utah and speaks English.
Her work focuses on everyday coping skills and healing from past wounds. She blends approaches like cognitive behavioral methods, attachment-based ideas, and EMDR to address trauma, grief, and mood struggles. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to skills people can use between meetings.
Jessica describes the therapeutic relationship as a two-way process. Sometimes the client leads, and sometimes she guides the work more actively. She emphasizes patience, kindness to oneself, and gradual skill-building so people gain confidence over time.
She has experience with a wide range of concerns including ADHD, eating and body image issues, addiction, anger, intimacy-related problems, and grief. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, blended-family challenges, communication problems, and caregiver stress.
Her stated background includes work in New York and Florida before Utah, and she draws on varied clinical approaches when shaping a plan. Jessica aims to meet people respectfully and compassionately, and to teach practical strategies that help them move forward.
Her work focuses on everyday coping skills and healing from past wounds. She blends approaches like cognitive behavioral methods, attachment-based ideas, and EMDR to address trauma, grief, and mood struggles. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to skills people can use between meetings.
Jessica describes the therapeutic relationship as a two-way process. Sometimes the client leads, and sometimes she guides the work more actively. She emphasizes patience, kindness to oneself, and gradual skill-building so people gain confidence over time.
She has experience with a wide range of concerns including ADHD, eating and body image issues, addiction, anger, intimacy-related problems, and grief. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, blended-family challenges, communication problems, and caregiver stress.
Her stated background includes work in New York and Florida before Utah, and she draws on varied clinical approaches when shaping a plan. Jessica aims to meet people respectfully and compassionately, and to teach practical strategies that help them move forward.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Motivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
21+ years
Credentials
Utah, Florida, Minnesota, Alabama, New York
Languages
English
How these approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current connection patterns; it helps people understand and change ways of relating that cause stress or hurt. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy, giving people space to name their goals while the therapist follows their lead. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks big problems into smaller parts and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend methods that fit. That process is collaborative - clients and the therapist decide together what to try and how to track progress.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shorten travel time, and allow more consistent check-ins around work or family duties. They also support trying techniques between sessions and reviewing practical skills in real-life moments.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Jessica address?
She works with many concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting and relationship strain, depression, grief, addictions, ADHD, and career-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and conversational, mixing client-centered listening with skill teaching and active guidance when needed.
How long has she practiced and what is her background?
She has 21 years of experience and has worked in New York and Florida before practicing in Utah.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices from Utah.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.