About Jessica
Jessica Criner is a licensed marriage and family therapist with seven years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on somatic-informed work alongside talk therapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, and low self-esteem. Jessica aims to create a calm, steady space where clients can name what feels hardest and take small steps toward relief.
Jessica listens for how emotions show up in the body as well as in thoughts and memories.
Background and approach
She uses practical methods to help people notice patterns, reduce reactivity, and reclaim a sense of control. Her approach combines acceptance-based skills with tools that challenge unhelpful thinking and build new coping habits. Many clients she sees bring concerns such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, blended family problems, codependency, infidelity, and guilt or shame.
Jessica also addresses issues tied to immigration, multicultural stress, hospice and end-of-life matters, and postpartum mood changes. Sessions often include work on relationships and the effects of past hurt. Her clinical style centers on collaboration and on treating each person as the expert of their own story.
Jessica helps clients set clear goals and tests gentle, realistic changes between sessions. Over time the focus is on increasing emotional regulation, improving connection, and strengthening daily functioning. Therapy is offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Jessica holds a California LMFT license, CA LMFT 140356, and brings seven years of practice to her work with adults. To begin, a prospective client follows the platform steps to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedules according to therapist availability.
Using Somatic and Acceptance-Based Methods Online
Somatic-informed work attends to how stress and old hurts show up in the body and uses gentle awareness to reduce tension and reactivity. This can help when anxiety, trauma, or strong emotions feel overwhelming and seem to live in physical sensations.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It supports values-based choices and small behavioral steps toward a more meaningful life, which is useful for anxiety, low mood, and relationship challenges.
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating formed in close relationships. It helps people understand triggers tied to attachment and builds new ways of connecting that feel safer and more satisfying.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level, and may combine techniques to suit changing concerns.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, keep momentum between visits, and access consistent support from home. Licensed professionals can use this range of formats to tailor care to each person's preferences and schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English