Gessica Yearwood, LMHC

Gessica Yearwood is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida who uses straightforward, practical methods to help people feel more capable and clear-headed. She focuses on improving motivation, self-esteem, attention and focus, and easing depression and anxiety. Her approach is direct and respectful, with short-term goals and real-world steps.

Gessica builds sessions around each person’s needs and pace. She listens first, then works with clients to set simple, achievable goals. Conversations often include skills to manage difficult thoughts and ways to break tasks into manageable pieces.

She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try different responses. Client-centered elements keep the tone warm and nonjudgmental, while practical strategies help with focus and memory concerns often linked to ADHD. Other tools may come from dialectical behavior therapy and solution-focused methods to handle emotion regulation and quick problem solving.

Gessica has six years of experience working with a range of concerns, including stress, anger, grief, sleep difficulties, parenting strain, and relationship worries. She also addresses phobias, social anxiety, self-love, forgiveness, and issues common in young adults.

Sessions are offered in English and take place remotely by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. The process begins with a short questionnaire to match goals and schedule sessions in a way that fits daily life.

How Gessica’s Approaches Work Online

Gessica uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT focuses on practical exercises and small experiments you can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and improve sleep or focus.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions start with listening and understanding your experience. That approach helps create a calm, respectful space where goals are set by the person seeking help and progress moves at their pace.

Dialectical behavior therapy tools are sometimes used for managing strong emotions and building skills like distress tolerance and emotion regulation. These techniques are helpful when feelings feel overwhelming or when someone needs concrete steps to regain balance.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Gessica will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust methods as those needs change. This is a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video is useful when visual cues and a fuller conversation help, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows short check-ins, and text messaging is handy for brief updates or practice between sessions. These options aim to make consistent progress easier to maintain.