Jessica Gentry , LPC

Jessica Gentry is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and issues related to trauma and identity. Her tone is practical and direct, aiming to help people make meaningful changes in day-to-day life.

Jessica uses a trauma-aware lens and pays attention to each person's strengths. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused; she helps clients set realistic steps and practice new ways of coping between meetings. The work often includes building better communication, improving sleep and mood, and addressing intimacy or family-related strain.

She draws on several therapeutic methods to match the needs of the person in front of her. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skill-building for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Attachment-based ideas guide how early relationships affect current connection and trust.

Jessica also brings experience supporting people facing grief, addiction, caregiver stress, body image concerns, and parenting strain. She is familiar with complex trauma responses such as dissociation and attachment wounds and adapts pacing to what each person can manage.

Sessions may include discussion, skill practice, and guided processing tailored to the client's pace. Jessica aims to make therapy understandable and useful, helping people carry tools from the session into their everyday routines.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Jessica commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EMDR when appropriate. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical experiments to change mood and behavior, which transfers well to video or chat formats through worksheets and between-session practice. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing supports processing traumatic memories with guided techniques and can be adapted to online sessions when clinically appropriate.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals and preferences during early sessions and recommend methods that fit those aims. That decision is collaborative and may change as therapy progresses to match what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text work well for brief check-ins or step-by-step coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping continuity of care.