Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Jessica works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LCPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri, Illinois
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jessica
Jessica McDaniel is a licensed professional counselor with 17 years of experience. She focuses on practical, step-by-step work to help people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and everyday struggles. Jessica speaks plainly and offers a calm, steady presence during sessions.
She helps people map out what they want to change and checks in regularly on progress. Sessions are collaborative - goals are set together and adjusted as needed. Jessica emphasizes small, doable steps so change feels achievable rather than overwhelming.
Background and approach
Her background includes many clinical settings across Illinois where she supported adults facing depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and relationship concerns. She also works with people dealing with sleep or eating issues, parenting stress, career transitions, and ADHD-related challenges. Her experience spans short-term problem solving and longer-term coping work.
Jessica uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. She also teaches mindfulness and relaxation techniques to reduce stress in the moment. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas appear in her work when clients need skills for emotion regulation and values-based action.
In sessions she offers concrete tools - breathing and grounding practices, thought-challenging exercises, and behavior experiments to test new ways of coping. She encourages steady progress and celebrates small wins along the way. If someone wants a clear plan and practical skills to manage feelings and difficult situations, she aims to provide that support.
What Jessica works with
Everything Jessica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jessica's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
Approaches Jessica lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most to them and take actions that fit those values. It uses simple exercises to notice difficult thoughts and move toward meaningful goals even when emotions are uncomfortable.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. Sessions include practical exercises such as challenging unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or anger.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaboration helps match skills and strategies to an individual's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for full sessions and face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people share updates, try brief skills practice, or follow up between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and can fit therapy into busy days.
Questions people ask about Jessica
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with people around stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, trauma and relationship challenges.
What is her general therapy style?
Sessions are collaborative and practical, focusing on small steps, skills practice, and regular check-ins on progress.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of clinical experience working in a variety of settings across Illinois.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is listed as LPC and LCPC with practice based in Illinois.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.