- Guilt and shame
- Attachment concerns
- Stress and anxiety
About Jessica
Jessica Criner is a California LMFT with seven years of clinical experience. She works with people struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns. Jessica also lists specific focuses such as attachment wounds, abandonment, codependency, guilt and shame, and issues that arise around blended families and infidelity.
Her approach treats trauma as something that shows up in many ways. She uses evidence-informed methods and draws on what each person already knows about their life. Sessions look at current triggers, past harms, and patterns in relationships to identify what keeps painful feelings alive.
Jessica incorporates Attachment-Based work to look at how early bonds shape adult relationships. She also uses Emotionally-Focused ideas when addressing couple-related patterns and connection threats. Cognitive Behavioral strategies and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy are applied to help manage intense emotions and change self-defeating thoughts.
She names racial and religious trauma as important topics in her work and notes experience with clients affected by foster care, transracial adoption, and church-related harms. Those areas often come up alongside grief, addiction, or end-of-life concerns.
Jessica invites a straightforward, collaborative approach. People meet to talk about what matters, try specific tools between sessions, and check whether the work is helping. To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How Jessica uses therapeutic approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and values-based action. It helps people who feel stuck by encouraging small steps toward what matters despite uncomfortable feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current trust and closeness. This work helps with relationship fears, abandonment worries, and repeated connection problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thoughts and tests them with real-world experiments to reduce anxiety and change behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica treats this as a collaborative process. She will discuss options, try methods that fit your goals, and adjust based on what helps. The first sessions are used to see which combination of approaches makes the most sense for the issues you bring.
The platform process starts with a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. The biography does not specify session formats here, so confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit work into a busy week, use shorter check-ins when time is tight, or avoid travel. Therapists and licensed professionals often find virtual work lets people bring therapy into everyday life more easily without changing the clinical aims.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns. Additional focuses include guilt and shame, attachment issues, and blended family challenges.
How would she approach shame or guilt?
She uses approaches such as Attachment-Based work, ACT, CBT, and DBT skills to help name and reduce the hold of shame or guilt. The work looks at triggers, related beliefs, and practical coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Jessica has seven years of clinical experience as a therapist. That experience includes work with trauma, family systems, and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a California LMFT and practices in California. The credential listed is LMFT.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What should I know about cost and payment?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific rates depend on the chosen plan and location.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the platform.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.