- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Jessica
Jessica Drennen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina with 14 years of experience. She helps people who struggle with anger as well as stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship and family concerns. She also works with issues like grief, parenting strain, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and identity matters such as LGBT topics.
Jessica takes a direct, plainspoken approach in sessions. She will talk about the hard things people avoid, including trauma, substance use, and power dynamics. Conversations focus on what’s happening now and workable steps to change patterns that cause anger, resentment, or repeated conflict.
Her work draws on Client-Centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness. That means sessions often look at the thoughts that feed intense feelings, practice emotion-regulation skills, and try experiments to shift behavior between sessions. Motivational interviewing is used when people want to change habits like drug or alcohol use.
People can expect a practical focus on daily life, relationships, and coping skills. Jessica pays attention to how family history, attachment, and past losses shape reactions now. She discusses topics such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, body image, codependency, and caregiver stress when they relate to the presenting problem.
Sessions are conversational and goal-driven. Jessica helps people set clear steps and checks progress over time. If someone is unsure where to start, she uses short assessments and questions to build a plan together.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a working relationship where the client’s goals guide each session. It helps when someone needs a space to sort out feelings about anger and relationships without a rigid agenda.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep anger patterns in place. Sessions use simple exercises to spot unhelpful thinking and try concrete behavior experiments between meetings to see what changes.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides practical emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills. Those skills are useful when strong reactions come up quickly and someone wants tools to manage intensity in the moment.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that fit the person’s goals, needs, and preferences. That can mean trying CBT techniques first or layering DBT skills where emotion control is central.
The source biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also allows practice of skills in everyday settings, such as trying a new communication approach at work or at home and then reflecting on it in the next session.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she address?
She helps with losing temper in relationships, workplace frustration, built-up resentment, and problems living with someone else’s anger. Anger is listed among many related concerns she sees.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and practical. Sessions focus on skills, behavior changes, and talking through difficult topics rather than abstract theory.
What is her clinical background?
She has 14 years of professional experience and works from approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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