Jessica Owen, LCMHC

Jessica Owen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She brings 11 years of experience helping people navigate hard seasons like grief, addiction, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. Jessica focuses on building practical coping skills and drawing out the strengths clients already have.

Her approach centers on a person-centered relationship where the client leads the conversation. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and mindfulness practices to reduce stress in the moment. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work help when people want clear steps toward change.

In sessions she helps people clarify how they feel, what they want, and what first steps might look like. That can mean working through anxiety and depression, addressing anger or compassion fatigue, or tackling substance use and recovery goals. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, fertility or pregnancy-related concerns, and the aftermath of sexual assault and abuse.

Jessica aims to tailor the work to each person’s needs in the moment. She listens, reflects, and offers tools clients can try between sessions. Many people find this mix of listening and practical strategies helpful when life feels overwhelming.

To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to her availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. Online sessions can still create that frame by giving space for whatever matters most each meeting and helping clients find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises. Online CBT often uses short skill-building tasks between sessions to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and calm the nervous system; these practices can be guided in a live session and repeated at home.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they like to work, then try approaches that match those needs. That teamwork helps shape a plan that feels usable in day-to-day life.

The practical advantages of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and keeping continuity when routines shift. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm the available options before booking. Many people use online sessions to maintain regular check-ins, practice skills between appointments, and make therapy easier to attend during work breaks or childcare windows.