About Jessica
Jessica Busekist is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in New York. She draws on ten years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger. Jessica focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable.
She centers sessions on each person's goals and pace. Jessica listens first, then helps clients identify small changes that add up. She encourages people to use skills that build confidence and reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
Jessica offers care for a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting stress, relationship strain, and mood disorders. She also works with issues like chronic illness, caregiver stress, isolation, and feelings of emptiness. Her approach aims to reduce symptoms and improve coping in everyday situations.
Therapy methods include client-centered work, motivational interviewing, solution-focused techniques, and EMDR for processing painful memories. Jessica picks techniques that fit each person's needs and situation instead of using the same plan for everyone. Her style is straightforward and collaborative.
Sessions focus on what the client wants to change and how to get there. Jessica believes the therapeutic relationship matters, so she supports people in deciding whether therapy is the right match for them. People can expect clear goals, practical tools, and steady support while working through life changes or painful experiences.
Jessica helps people take steps toward feeling more in control and more hopeful about the future.
How Jessica’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding your goals. The therapist follows your lead, reflects what matters to you, and helps set small, actionable steps for change. This approach helps with stress, low self-esteem, and ongoing life challenges.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used to process painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life. In sessions the therapist guides structured processing to help reduce intense reactions tied to past events. EMDR can be helpful for people with trauma, post-traumatic stress, and deep hurts that affect current functioning.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with you about your needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend methods that fit. Together you can try different techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent contact between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English