About Jessica
Jessica Callaway is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who focuses on practical, evidence-based help for everyday struggles. She keeps sessions straightforward and calm so families and individuals can talk through stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and big life changes without feeling overwhelmed.
She uses a blend of mindfulness, cognitive behavioral ideas, and skills from dialectical behavioral approaches to teach tools people can use right away. Sessions often center on managing strong emotions, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, and building steady routines that reduce stress.
Background and approach
Jessica draws on varied experience, including military service and time in education, which shaped how she supports people from different backgrounds. She has four years of clinical experience and completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2022. She practices as an FL LMHC and offers services in English.
Typical work focuses on concrete goals such as improving communication, reducing panic or worry, handling grief from separation, and coping with caregiver strain. She also addresses concerns like codependency, impulsivity, mood disorders, and multicultural questions using approachable strategies. Sessions can include short skill practice, problem solving, and reflective conversation to help people gain clearer choices and better emotional control.
The aim is steady progress through doable steps rather than quick fixes.
Evidence-based approaches for online emotional support
Jessica uses mindfulness practices to help people notice their thoughts and body responses, then choose calmer reactions rather than acting on impulse. Mindfulness can reduce rumination and lower daily stress by teaching short, repeatable exercises.She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques that break problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. These steps help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new responses to decrease anxiety and depression symptoms.
Finding the right mix of methods happens together. The therapist and client look at goals, daily life, and what feels useful, and then adjust techniques as progress is made. That collaborative approach makes sessions fit each person’s needs.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video calls let visual cues guide the work, phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or skill practice between meetings. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, school, and caregiving commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English