I am a licensed professional counselor and social worker with over twenty years of vocational, individual and group counseling experience. My counseling philosophy is: "People don't care what you know until they know you care." For half of my career, I've worked with adults with disabilities to help them discern and navigate a vocational path. For the other half of my career, I've provided individual counseling to teens and adults who have had difficulty establishing goals and regulating their emotions. I use a variety of clinical approaches, especially those from a cognitive-behavioral perspective (using strategies from DBT, MDFT and Solution-Focused Therapy). I enjoy helping people explore their values and goals within a compassionate frame.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

I hope my clients feel deeply heard and seen. From within this context, I hope that people feel comfortable exploring goals and how best to achieve those goals.

What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Brief Solution Focused Therapy Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Rogerian and Psychodynamic Approach Vocational Counseling (from exploration to planning)

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

My biggest strength is that I am empathic and non-judgmental. I believe this stance is critical to helping people achieve their goals.

About Jessica Minieri