- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Emotion focused work
About Jessica
Dr. Jessica Curd is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Indiana with 19 years of clinical experience. She works with adults carrying stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions. Her practice also includes support around ADHD, autism, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, career questions, and issues tied to identity and compassion fatigue.
Jessica focuses on clear, practical conversation. She listens and helps people name what they are feeling. Sessions look at how thoughts and behaviors interact and what small changes might ease daily life.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with grief, loss, and end-of-life concerns, and experience supporting people through trauma and chronic health issues. She draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person’s priorities.
Jessica uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and DBT skills for managing strong emotions and distress. Emotion-focused work helps people address attachment and relationship wounds that fuel shame or guilt.
She describes therapy as a collaborative process. People can expect straightforward tools, reflective listening, and practical steps to try between sessions. Jessica also brings attention to life story and meaning, helping people weigh values and choices without pressure.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person sets the pace and topics. This approach helps when shame feels overwhelming because it keeps the conversation grounded in what the person notices and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and to practice different responses to guilt or anxious thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) contributes practical skills for distress tolerance and emotion regulation when feelings become intense. These skills are useful for managing moments of panic, self-criticism, or sudden shame.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaboration may shift over time as priorities change.
Confirm session formats before booking to know whether video or phone options are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists and licensed professionals often use brief skills practice, thought records, and between-session assignments that translate well to remote work, helping people apply tools in day-to-day situations.
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Indiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with related to guilt and shame?
She supports adults with trauma, grief, relationship wounds, self-esteem, and issues that commonly underlie guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of ongoing guilt?
She uses client-centered conversation and cognitive behavioral methods to identify thoughts that keep guilt active and to test new ways of thinking and acting.
What relevant experience does she bring?
She has 19 years of clinical experience and long-term work with grief, trauma, and chronic health-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Indiana.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.