- ACT techniques
- CBT skills
- Attachment work
About Jessica
Jessica Del Gaudio is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with seven years of professional experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, grief, and depression. Jessica also supports those facing challenges with sleep, eating, self-esteem, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and life changes.
Her approach centers on direct conversation and practical steps. She adapts sessions to each person's concerns and preferences. Sessions mix listening with concrete strategies drawn from several therapeutic methods. The focus is on manageable actions and clearer thinking rather than long theory sessions.
Jessica draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help identify thinking patterns that keep guilt and shame active. She uses acceptance and commitment concepts to help people notice painful feelings and choose values-based actions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect trust and intimacy now.
Clients can expect a respectful, straightforward style. The therapist aims to break problems into small, addressable parts and to build skills for handling intense emotions. Conversations often include practical exercises to try between sessions.
Jessica supports a wide range of concerns related to relationships and personal identity, including intimacy issues, commitment and communication problems, codependency, and abandonment worries. She also addresses more specific topics such as body image, kink and alternative sex culture, caregiver stress, and divorce or separation.
People who bring long-standing guilt or shame about decisions, family roles, or identity often work on clearer self-understanding and kinder self-talk. Jessica helps people map what keeps those feelings alive and then practices different ways of responding day to day.
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings, and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for guilt or shame that keeps someone stuck in avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches clear techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and for managing cycles of guilt.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That includes testing practical exercises and stepping back to review what helps most over time.
The original biography does not list session formats, so confirm offered options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a work break. They also make it possible to continue therapeutic work while living in a different place from the therapist. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT exercises to remote sessions so people still practice skills and review progress between meetings.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address related to guilt or shame?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, depression, and related concerns such as body image and codependency.
How would she approach feelings of shame from childhood?
She uses attachment-informed work and client-centered conversation to look at how early relationships shaped current patterns, combined with practical exercises to change those patterns.
What is her professional background and experience?
She is a New York LMHC with seven years of experience helping people with mood, relationship, and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and where does she practice?
Jessica is licensed in New York as an LMHC and lists New York as her professional location.
Can I work with her if I live outside the US?
She accepts international clients and conducts work in English.
What session formats does she offer?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try a session?
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.