Jessica Gentry , LPC

Jessica Gentry is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who brings a strengths-focused, trauma-informed perspective to work with adults, couples, and families. With 12 years of experience in advocacy and mental health settings, she emphasizes meeting clients where they are and supporting them to build on existing resources to foster meaningful change and improved well-being.

She approaches care through a holistic lens, attending to emotional, relational, and practical dimensions of a person’s life. Jessica blends evidence-based strategies with relational attunement to help clients navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship challenges, grief, addictions, parenting concerns, and a wide range of mood and life-transition issues. Her practice also addresses attachment-related concerns, adoption and foster care dynamics, codependency, communication and commitment issues, caregiver stress, and intimacy-related difficulties.

Jessica has completed formal training and certifications that inform her clinical work, including Trust-Based Relational Intervention - Certified Practitioner, EMDR training with certification pending, and Trauma-Informed Care - Level One Certification. Additional training includes Cognitive Processing Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, psychopharmacology education, ASIST suicide prevention, and behavioral health consultation coursework. These trainings support a flexible, client-centered approach that aims to empower people to meet their goals and build more satisfying relationships and daily functioning.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Jessica integrates Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and EMDR-informed techniques into her work. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns of connection and how early relationships shape current responses, often helping with intimacy, abandonment concerns, and relationship conflicts. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and to improve coping skills. EMDR training supports processing of traumatic memories by using structured, integrative methods to reduce the emotional intensity of past events and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Jessica works with each person to clarify goals, assess needs, and tailor interventions so the chosen methods fit the client’s preferences and life circumstances. That collaboration helps ensure therapy is practical, relevant, and responsive to change over time.

Online sessions offer flexibility in how people connect with a licensed professional. Jessica provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules, comfort levels, and accessibility needs. These options can make consistent care easier to maintain while allowing therapists and clients to focus on meaningful work together.