Jessica Grimm, M.S, is currently certified as a Licensed Professional Counselor through The Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Jessica received a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Tarleton State University in 2003, and then received a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from Tarleton State University in 2007. Upon completion of this degree Jessica conducted research at the University of Texas at Arlington as a research assistant in which she studied health psychology in order to better understand stress, resilience, exercise, and health issues such as cancer, diabetes, and disability. Her counseling experience includes: career counseling, women and trauma, anger management, couples and health issues.
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me to gather more information and your history. We will then work on creating goals together and develop a plan for treatment.
Building rapport and challenging clients in a healthy way is something that I do well with and enjoy while assisting clients with change.
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counseling technique that helps people overcome insecurities and ambivalent feelings to find the motivation to change their behavior.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that combines cognitive and behavioral therapy to help people manage mental health issues. CBT is a talking therapy that focuses on how thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes affect feelings and actions. The goal of CBT is to help people identify and challenge unhelpful thoughts, learn self-help strategies, and change their behavior.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a structured psychotherapy program that helps people manage intense emotions and navigate social relationships. It's based on the idea that it's possible to accept yourself and change your behavior at the same time, which can feel contradictory.
Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a short-term, goal-oriented therapeutic approach that helps clients change by building solutions to problems instead of focusing on the problems themselves. SFBT is based on positive psychology principles and practices, and is one of the most widely used therapeutic treatments in the world.