Therapist profile
Jessica Palmer, LICSW
Massachusetts
LICSW - Stress and Family Concerns
Continue with JessicaWhere Jessica stands
- Credentials
- LICSW
- License
- LICSW, Massachusetts / 120010
- NPI
- 1275780983
- Experience
- 11 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Massachusetts
About
- Codependency patterns
- Boundary work
- Parenting challenges
About Jessica
Jessica Palmer is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts with 11 years of professional experience. She works with adults who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges around self-esteem. She also supports people facing family and parenting conflicts and relationship strains related to codependency patterns.
She frames clients as the experts on their own stories and focuses on practical steps. Sessions tend to look like focused conversations about what is getting in the way day to day. Jessica helps people notice patterns, practice clearer boundaries, and try small behavior changes between meetings.
Her approach emphasizes plain language and doable strategies rather than long theories. She listens for recurring thoughts and reactions and helps unpack them into concrete next steps. This often includes working on communication habits, limits with others, and reducing overwhelm.
Jessica draws on techniques from evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address mood and anxiety symptoms and relationship patterns. She pays attention to attachment and control issues when those themes come up. The aim is to help people feel steadier and more able to make choices that reflect their priorities.
People who prefer a straightforward, goal-oriented conversation about what to change and how to practice it often find this style helpful. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to set priorities and plan next steps.
How sessions work
Evidence-based techniques and how online work can fit
Two evidence-based approaches often used for mood and relationship patterns are cognitive-behavioral techniques and attachment-informed work. Cognitive-behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Attachment-informed work looks at recurring relationship patterns and how early bonds influence reactions to others.These approaches are described in plain terms during sessions so clients can pick what feels most useful. Deciding which techniques to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals and try methods that match the person’s needs and preferences, adjusting as they learn what helps.
The original biography did not list specific online session formats, so confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make therapy fit into busy days by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when helpful, or letting someone choose a time that matches their schedule. It also makes it easier to continue meetings across life changes while focusing on practical skills and boundary work.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she help with people-pleasing and setting limits?
Yes. She helps people notice people-pleasing patterns and practice clearer boundaries in everyday situations.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is direct and practical, focusing on short-term steps and behavioral changes you can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience working with stress, anxiety, depression, and family and parenting concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) based in Massachusetts.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she provide?
The original biography did not specify session formats, so confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.