- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW, LICSW
- Licensed in
- North Dakota, Minnesota, Nevada
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Jessica
Jessica Hartman is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience in mental health care. She brings a warm, person-focused style to sessions and aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for busy parents. Jessica holds a Master of Social Work from the College of St.
Catherine and the University of St. Thomas and maintains licenses as an LCSW and LICSW. Her approach centers on client-centered care, where the conversation follows each person's priorities.
Background and approach
She pairs that stance with cognitive behavioral tools to help change unhelpful thinking. Solution-focused techniques keep work goal-oriented and concrete. Jessica has worked in many settings over 20 years, including schools, day-treatment programs, in-home support, outpatient clinics, and virtual care.
She has experience in rural and urban communities, which shapes a flexible, down-to-earth style. This background helps her adapt techniques to different family rhythms and schedules. Parents often come for help with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, parenting challenges, grief, or coping with major life changes.
Jessica also supports people facing trauma, mood concerns like depression or bipolar, attention differences, and work or identity-related stress. Sessions focus on noticing strengths, learning practical skills, and setting small, achievable steps. Jessica uses mindfulness practices when helpful and keeps language simple so skills can be tried between sessions.
She aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space for each person.
What Jessica works with
Everything Jessica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jessica helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jessica lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Jessica’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and experience. The therapist listens deeply and follows the pace each person needs, which helps when life feels overwhelming or confusing.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical ways to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that interfere with parenting or work.
Jessica tailors work collaboratively, so choosing an approach is part of the first sessions. She will review needs, goals, and preferences together and suggest techniques to try. That shared planning makes it easier to adjust focus as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for in-depth conversations and reading nonverbal cues. Phone can be lighter on bandwidth and easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing support between longer sessions.
These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible so people can use tools when they need them most.
Questions people ask about Jessica
What concerns does Jessica commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship strain, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career worries, bipolar and ADHD related struggles, and LGBT issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Jessica uses a warm, relational, client-centered style. She blends cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods and keeps sessions practical and goal oriented.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years in the mental health field, with experience in schools, day-treatment programs, in-home care, outpatient clinics, and virtual services across rural and urban settings.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices from Minnesota as listed.
Can I work with her in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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