Jessica Canty, LICSW

Jessica Canty is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) who focuses on practical support during major life changes. She offers clear, straightforward guidance for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma and abuse. Sessions aim to help clients find direction and cope with everyday pressures.

Jessica centers her work on helping people move through painful events and build self-compassion. She uses methods that encourage present-moment awareness and values-driven action. That mix helps when someone is managing workplace strain, compassion fatigue, or the ripple effects of loss.

The practice pays attention to how culture and discrimination affect daily life. Jessica is experienced helping people who identify as women, young adults, and those navigating blended family dynamics or alternative relationship structures. She also addresses concerns related to body image, parenting stress, and complicated separation or divorce.

Her approach blends acceptance and commitment practices with cognitive tools and mindfulness. Conversations focus on tangible skills, small experiments between sessions, and clearer decision-making. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies help keep work goal-oriented and manageable.

With 14 years of experience in the District of Columbia, Jessica aims to make therapy relatable and usable. New clients start by describing their immediate worries and goals, and then she helps shape a step-by-step plan for moving forward.

How these approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps in that direction. It focuses on values and behavior changes rather than just symptom reduction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve moment-to-moment coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to try methods that fit their needs and goals. Sessions often combine elements from different approaches so work stays relevant and usable.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. It also lets people use techniques and homework between meetings in the spaces where they live and work. Licensed professionals, including this clinician, will discuss what session rhythm and format will work best during the initial match and scheduling steps.