Jessica Gum, LISW-CP

Jessica Gum is a licensed social worker in South Carolina. She holds the LISW-CP credential and brings eight years of professional experience to her practice. Jessica focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and concerns related to sexuality and LGBT issues.

She offers straightforward, person-centered care that treats each person as the expert on their own life. Jessica emphasizes practical skills and steady support. She encourages clients to build on their strengths while they work through hard moments.

In sessions she listens for what matters most and helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck. She works with trauma and abuse survivors and addresses post-traumatic stress symptoms with attention to safety and pacing. Jessica also helps people manage panic, social anxiety, and worries that interfere with daily life.

Other areas she supports include dealing with abandonment, chronic pain or illness, relationship communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and loneliness. She also helps people explore self-love and women’s issues in a direct, nonjudgmental way.

Therapy with Jessica is collaborative. She asks questions, teaches coping tools, and helps people set goals they can actually use between sessions. To begin, she invites prospective clients to take the first step and complete the matching process on the site.

Evidence-based techniques and online care

Jessica draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and symptom relief. One common approach is skill-building for anxiety and panic, which teaches simple breathing, grounding, and thought-management tools to reduce intense reactions and improve daily functioning. Another useful method addresses trauma and post-traumatic stress through careful pacing and stabilization work that helps clients feel more steady before tackling painful memories.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Jessica emphasizes collaboration - she will ask about your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This keeps sessions relevant and responsive to how you are feeling over time.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as taking a meeting during a lunch break or avoiding travel time. It can also let someone choose a session style that matches their needs, for example a shorter check-in when days are full or a longer weekly session for deeper work. Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available with this therapist.