Jessica Gentry is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
01About Jessica
Jessica Gentry is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a long history in advocacy and mental health work. Jessica focuses on practical steps people can take now to feel steadier and more capable.
She aims to meet people where they are and build on their strengths. Her approach centers on understanding how past attachments and life events shape current struggles.
Background and approach
She uses attachment-based ideas to help people notice patterns in relationships. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Jessica pays close attention to trauma and its effects.
She works with people who have faced abuse, loss, or other painful events and helps them regain control over everyday life. Sessions often involve learning specific skills for managing anxiety, improving sleep, or coping with grief. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, sexual or intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and challenges tied to identity, including LGBT issues.
Addiction, bipolar disorder, and attention differences are among other areas she addresses. Jessica frames work as practical and goal-focused, not just talk. Clients can expect a calm, collaborative style.
Jessica uses a mix of client-centered listening and structured exercises depending on each person's needs. Her practice emphasizes steady progress, clearer communication, and realistic next steps for coping and growth.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 69489 · expires February 2026
- NPI
- 1215289202 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jessica lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Jessica names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Jessica names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How evidence-based approaches work online
Jessica uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps when trust, closeness, or repeated breakups create pain in adult relationships and parenting. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jessica will talk through your goals and preferences, then suggest a mix of methods that fit your situation. You and she decide together which skills and exercises to try first. Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, homework, or brief coaching between longer sessions. These options let people practice new skills in real life and review progress with their therapist. Jessica tailors the format and methods so the work feels practical and possible, even when schedules are tight.05Questions people ask
What concerns does Jessica commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, grief, parenting stress, and many related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapy style?
Jessica blends client-centered listening with practical strategies. She focuses on skills people can use right away while exploring deeper patterns from attachment and trauma.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience in mental health and advocacy settings prior to her current practice.
Where is she licensed and located?
Jessica holds the LPC credential and practices in Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin work with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on the therapist's availability.
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