- Solution-focused work
- CBT and DBT methods
- Coping skills training
About Jessica
Jessica Yetto is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 25 years of experience. She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling earned in 2004 and has spent recent years working in correctional settings where her caseload included people with serious mental health diagnoses.
Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger, and ADHD. She also lists additional focus areas such as codependency, drug and alcohol addiction, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, mood and personality concerns, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, panic, paranoia, and narcissistic traits.
Much of her recent work has involved intakes, suicide ideation evaluation, crisis intervention, and short-term counseling in a jail environment. In that role she coordinated care with medical prescribers and worked with staff to increase understanding of people with mental health needs. She also provided counseling support to officers after traumatic incidents when requested.
Earlier roles included transitional housing support, mobile therapy, behavioral specialist consulting, and supervising a family support program. Those positions gave her hands-on experience with coping skill teaching, safety planning, and helping people manage severe symptoms in everyday situations.
Her current approach leans toward solution-focused work and practical coping skills. She aims to expand beyond correctional settings to meet people in other contexts and offer broader therapeutic work.
How her approaches translate to online work
Jessica uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in practical ways. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce distress. It can help with anxiety, depression, guilt, and compulsive habits. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, concrete changes and short-term goals that address immediate problems and strengthen coping skills.She treats finding the right way to work as a collaboration. The therapist and client look at the person’s goals, daily routines, and what feels doable, then try approaches that fit those needs. That means combining skill teaching, brief problem-solving, and mindfulness practices when they suit the situation.
Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins if needed, and remove travel time. Therapists generally adapt tools like CBT worksheets, DBT-inspired skills, and mindfulness exercises to work over a virtual visit so clients can practice strategies between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting issues, anger, and ADHD, among other focus areas.
How does she typically approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses practical, solution-focused work along with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness tools to help people examine thoughts and develop coping skills for guilt and shame.
What experience does she bring to challenging mental health situations?
She has 25 years in the field, including many years working in a jail doing intakes, suicide assessment, crisis intervention, and short-term counseling with people who have significant mental health diagnoses.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania and practices in that state.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
She is not accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.