Jessica HodgesLSCSW

Jessica Hodges is a licensed social worker in Kansas with 10 years of experience helping people through stressful and painful life moments. She speaks plainly and listens closely so clients can say what matters. She encourages small steps and honest conversation, and she acknowledges the courage it takes to begin therapy.

Her work often focuses on issues like stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. She also supports people facing relationship strain, grief, intimacy questions, addiction, sleeping and eating problems, and career or life-change challenges. Other areas she addresses include ADHD, compassion fatigue, bipolar concerns, and questions around identity and sexuality.

Jessica uses a mix of practical tools and relationship-based work. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns.

She also employs client-centered methods to keep sessions respectful and collaborative, and elements of dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when people need skills for emotion regulation or moving toward concrete goals. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with an emphasis on building coping skills that fit daily life.

If you are weighing whether to start, she asks about your needs and priorities first. From there she helps you pick steps that feel manageable, whether that means short-term skill work or longer exploration of patterns and relationships.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Jessica blends attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral tools in a way that aims to be practical and relationship-aware. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, which can help when people notice repeated conflicts or trust issues. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to decide what fits their needs and goals, combining techniques when that makes sense. The plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, cutting out commute time and allowing for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let someone keep regular momentum while juggling work, parenting, or medical appointments. Licensed professionals like Jessica aim to help people apply new skills between sessions so therapy supports everyday routines.