Jessica Braddock , LCSW

Jessica Braddock is a Maine-based licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with nine years of clinical therapy experience. She has supported people working through relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and depression, offering a steady and practical approach to change.

Jessica centers clients as the experts on their own lives, taking time to understand each person’s story and goals. She provides tools that help highlight existing strengths while building skills in areas that feel more vulnerable. Seeking therapy is framed as an act of bravery and self-exploration, and she aims to walk alongside clients as they test new strategies and grow emotional resilience.

In sessions she tailors methods to individual needs, drawing from established therapeutic approaches to help clients set meaningful goals, practice coping skills, and work toward more satisfying relationships and daily functioning. Her focus is on collaborative work that respects each person’s values and pace of change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Jessica Braddock frequently draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in her work. ACT helps clients clarify their values and take meaningful action even when uncomfortable thoughts and feelings arise - it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. DBT teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships, which can help with intense emotions and interpersonal challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jessica collaborates with each client to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts strategies over time as progress and challenges emerge.

Online therapy offers flexibility to meet people where they are. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, clients can access support without added travel time, fit sessions into busy schedules, and practice new skills in real-life settings while working with licensed professionals and therapists.