Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
How Jessica works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jessica
Jessica Wiggs is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, trauma and anger. She emphasizes personal growth, resilience, and helping people become the person they want to be. Jessica frames the work as collaboration and brings a respectful, strengths-based perspective to each session.
She draws on six years of clinical experience, including roles overseeing daily operations at an inpatient psychiatric facility and supervising clinical staff.
Background and approach
That background included conducting psychiatric assessments and drug evaluations. Jessica also worked as a victim advocate within a District Attorney’s office, supporting survivors through difficult legal and emotional processes. In sessions she pays attention to autonomy and independence.
She helps people identify strengths and practical steps they can take. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Jessica encourages small, manageable changes that add up over time.
Her listed focus areas include trauma, intimacy and relationship concerns, self-esteem, coping with life changes, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and anger management. She also works with issues such as body image, codependency, dissociation, and responses to divorce or domestic violence. Jessica supports people across a wide range of concerns while keeping the work goal-oriented.
Jessica offers therapy in English and practices in Georgia. She identifies as a Safe Space Ally and attends to LGBT-related issues as part of her practice. People who want straightforward, grounded assistance with emotional and behavioral challenges often find her approach helpful.
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches for managing strong emotions online
Jessica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and recovery. One approach focuses on building emotional regulation and coping strategies to manage reactions like anger and anxiety; it teaches concrete steps people can use during stressful moments. Another approach centers on trauma-informed care, which helps people process past harm at a pace that feels manageable while strengthening current safety and resilience.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person's life and adjust as needed based on what works and what doesn’t.
Online therapy offers flexibility that can fit different routines and needs. Video calls work well for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can serve for brief check-ins, progress updates, or coaching-style support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into a busy schedule.
Questions people ask about Jessica
What kinds of problems does this therapist address?
Issues listed include stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, eating and parenting struggles, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
What is the general therapy style and approach?
The approach is practical and collaborative, focusing on strengths, personal growth, and steps people can take. Sessions emphasize autonomy and building resilience over time.
What relevant background experience does the therapist have?
She has six years of clinical experience and has overseen daily operations at an inpatient psychiatric facility, supervised clinical staff, completed psychiatric assessments and drug evaluations, and worked as a victim advocate in a District Attorney's office.
What credentials and location should I know about?
The clinician holds LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, status in Georgia. Practice and services are based in Georgia.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How much does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.