Jessica Peres, LPC

Jessica Peres is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for people dealing with anxiety, depression, addictions, and stress. Jessica speaks English and Portuguese and aims to make therapy approachable and understandable.

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people identify small changes that make daily life easier. Sessions often include skills practice and planning between meetings so progress continues outside the room.

Jessica uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also draws on attachment-based ideas when relationship patterns or past losses shape how someone relates to others. Client-centered techniques help keep the work grounded in each person's values and goals.

People come to her for many concerns, such as trauma and abuse, self-esteem, coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy-related issues, anger, and family problems. She also focuses on areas like abandonment, codependency, communication problems, body image, and alcohol or drug addiction.

In sessions she helps people make step-by-step plans, practice skills, and track what works. The goal is to build skills for managing emotions and improving relationships. Jessica aims to support realistic, lasting change through steady, practical work.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on noticing thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. It often uses homework and practical experiments to build new habits that improve day-to-day functioning. Attachment-based work looks at how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people try different ways of connecting to feel more secure and less reactive.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods to emphasize based on symptoms, goals, and personal preferences. That shared decision-making helps tailor sessions so they feel useful and relevant.

Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls suit deeper conversations and watching nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for quick updates, coaching between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while working through anxiety, stress, relationship patterns, and recovery from addiction.