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Jessica Utter, LPC

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Trauma, Abuse Sleeping disorders Depression
Video Phone Live Chat Messaging

About me

My passion....What gives me meaning and purpose in life....Is to provide support to men and women who struggle with trauma. Trauma comes in all forms and affects us all differently. It makes it difficult to function effectively in everyday life. It tears relationships apart, leads us to abuse substances, affects sleep and our ability to work, and causes us to lose trust in the people and places we love the most. I have specialized training in EMDR, Cognitive-Behavioral, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and Dialectical Behavior modalities. I specialize in working with military veterans and first responders and their families, individuals with complex childhood trauma, and relationship issues that are a direct result of trauma. I also have extensive experience working with substance use disorders and addictive behaviors, phobias and anxiety disorders, codependency, and mood disorders. I am currently fully licensed in the State of Texas as an LPC. I graduated at the top of my class with Master's degrees in both Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Addiction's Counseling, and am currently a member of Chi Sigma Iota Honor Society.

Professional experience

9yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Addictions Trauma, Abuse Sleeping disorders Depression

Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Codependency, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dissociation, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Mood disorders , Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

TX LPC 81441

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Jessica Utter. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Jessica is a highly skilled therapist who listens well and provides actionable feedback. She is not sidetracked by my meanderings as I share with her and gently brings the conversation back to the real issues at hand. She is a great guide on my journey to discovery and emotional wellbeing.

Written on Mar 04, 2024 after therapy with Jessica for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and family conflicts

Jessica is very kind and understanding

Written on Jan 07, 2024 after therapy with Jessica for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, and bipolar disorder

Jessica is extremely knowledgeable and caring in her treatment. I greatly appreciate and respect her as a clinician.

Written on Jun 06, 2022 after therapy with Jessica for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and self esteem

Jessica and better help have truly saved my life! She is the best therapist I have ever worked with. Even if it's only telehealth appointments, I feel more connected to her and have made way more progress than with in person appointments.

Written on Mar 30, 2022 after therapy with Jessica for 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and sleeping disorders

Jessica has been a great help. She is very easy to talk to, she listens really well, and I love that she goes back to things that have been said to really dissect them and understand them better. I’m very glad to have been paired with Jessica.

Written on Feb 11, 2022 after therapy with Jessica for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, anger management, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

She is very sweet and understanding and she is able to connect with me.

Written on Nov 18, 2021 after therapy with Jessica for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, depression, self esteem, and coping with life changes