Jessica Hodges, LPC-MHSP, LPC

Jessica Hodges is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a focus on practical, goal-oriented work. She uses clear, straightforward conversations to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction challenges, and low self-esteem. Jessica holds the LPC-MHSP credential and the LPC credential and practices with six years of experience in clinical settings in Tennessee.

Jessica builds a plan around each person’s needs. She listens first, then helps set small, achievable steps toward change. Sessions often include skills practice, reflections on thoughts and behaviors, and tools to manage intense feelings and urges.

She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy when clients want to focus on values and meaningful action. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship patterns, and techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy are used for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Jessica also supports people dealing with parenting strain, LGBT matters, body image and women’s issues. She addresses communication problems, control struggles, impulsivity, and compassion fatigue in everyday life. The goal is to help people gain more steady coping and clearer choices.

Practical matters are part of the work. Jessica helps clients practice new responses between sessions and adjust approaches if something isn’t working. She encourages openness about progress, setbacks, and goals so the plan stays useful and realistic.

Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life

Jessica uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is used to clarify values and support meaningful action even when emotions are difficult. Attachment-Based Therapy is included when relationship patterns and closeness issues come up, helping people notice how early bonds affect present behavior and choices.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jessica will work with each person to pick strategies that match their goals, needs, and comfort level, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. The effort is shared so clients understand why a method is chosen and how it will be used.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video helps with face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quicker check-ins, and messaging supports shorter updates or practice between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, and other routines while keeping the focus on useful skills and steady steps forward.