Works with
How Jessica works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jessica
Jessica Drennen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, and major life changes. Jessica speaks plain language and aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful.
Her style is direct and collaborative. She will listen first, then help you name the problems that feel most urgent. Sessions often include practical skills you can try between meetings, such as coping strategies, emotion regulation tools, and ways to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Jessica draws on therapies that teach skills and build momentum. She uses client-centered conversations to understand each person's goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools help spot thinking patterns that keep problems going.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used for managing intense emotions and building stability. She has worked in North Carolina settings for over a decade. Her background includes supporting people facing trauma, substance use concerns, grief, parenting strain, relationship struggles, self-esteem challenges, and identity issues.
Jessica is comfortable discussing topics others might avoid, and she supports people through difficult and painful material. Clients can expect a practical, steady approach that focuses on what matters most to them. Jessica partners with each person to set small goals and track progress.
The work aims to reduce distress and increase daily functioning in real life.
What Jessica works with
Everything Jessica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jessica's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jessica lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding your goals and experiences. In this approach the therapist listens carefully and follows your lead, helping you set the pace and topics that feel most important. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Jessica will help you decide which methods fit your needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit during a work break. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, written reflection, and ongoing contact between longer sessions. These options help therapy fit into a busy life and support steady progress over time.
Questions people ask about Jessica
What concerns does Jessica help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, trauma, depression, parenting strain, grief, and related issues listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens first, then introduces skills and strategies that fit each person's goals.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 14 years of professional experience working in North Carolina settings with a range of concerns including trauma and substance use.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina and practices with that credential in that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; 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 sessions according to the therapist's availability.