- Short-term crisis care
- Health-related support
- Actionable coping tools
About Jessica
Jessica Coburn is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience based in Iowa. She focuses on clear, practical support when life feels chaotic or overwhelming. Her work is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping people find immediate relief and realistic next steps.
She offers short-term crisis work and single-session appointments for urgent dilemmas. These brief sessions emphasize de-escalation, an objective perspective, and leaving with a simple plan to move forward. Jessica also provides longer-term care for people facing complex challenges that need steady attention.
Health-related issues are a major area of her practice. She helps people cope with chronic pain, medical trauma, cancer history, and the ongoing strain those experiences cause. Sessions address grief, scan-related anxiety, medical fatigue, and the isolation that can follow illness without minimizing what someone has been through.
Her approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and client-centered listening. Work in sessions often includes structured journaling, focused exercises, and practical tasks to use between meetings. The aim is to translate insight into everyday change.
Jessica also supports people dealing with anxiety, mood disorders, addiction concerns, grief, parenting stress, sleep problems, ADHD-related struggles, career challenges, and compassion fatigue. She keeps the tone collaborative and candid, helping clients set realistic, sustainable goals that fit their life.
How Jessica’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on identifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values. It helps people move past guilt and shame so they can act in ways that matter to them, even when feelings are hard to carry.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and build new habits that reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change mood patterns.
Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. Mindfulness can help with stress, pain management, and racing thoughts by teaching steady ways to notice the present moment.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to prioritize and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since this profile does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use exercises and journaling between meetings so progress continues between sessions.
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Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Iowa
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Jessica address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, career strain, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood issues, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and collaborative, combining practical exercises with listening. Sessions often include journaling and real-world tasks to try between meetings.
What is her clinical background?
She has practiced as a mental health counselor for 15 years and works with a range of acute and longer-term concerns.
What credentials and location are on file?
She holds the credential LMHC and practices in Iowa.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are used?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.