Profile / United States
Jessica Criner, LMFT
California
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Relationships and Trauma
See online therapy options- CBT techniques
- Acceptance strategies
- Attachment focus
About Jessica
Jessica Criner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California with seven years of clinical work. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Sessions are offered in English and focus on practical steps people can use right away.
Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with acceptance-based and attachment-focused ideas. She uses concrete techniques to notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and to try alternative responses. Therapy sessions often include talk, behavior-focused exercises, and reflection on how past experiences shape current reactions.
Jessica has worked with people dealing with abandonment, attachment concerns, blended family issues, codependency, commitment problems, and infidelity. She also addresses more specific situations such as domestic violence, immigration-related stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and postpartum depression. Many sessions look at triggers, grief, guilt, and shame and how those feelings show up in relationships.
Her work draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas to help with relationship patterns and emotional regulation. The tone is practical: identify a pattern, test a new response, and notice what changes. She pays attention to multicultural and faith-related experiences when they shape a person’s distress.
People who choose Jessica begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a first session. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How her approaches shape online sessions
Jessica often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT sessions focus on specific skills and short experiments people can try between meetings to see change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is used to clarify values and practice accepting difficult feelings while taking steps toward those values.She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships influence current patterns in close connections. That approach helps when people want to understand why they react strongly in relationships and to practice new ways of relating. Choosing which approach to emphasize is a shared decision; the therapist and client review goals, try methods, and adjust what they do based on what helps most.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow a quicker check-in during a break at work. It also lets people use phone or video in ways that suit their energy, bandwidth, and need to be on camera. The therapist will discuss practical arrangements and which methods to try first during the initial meeting.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem difficulties. Additional focuses include postpartum depression, attachment and blended family issues.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and to try different responses. Sessions include concrete exercises and behavioral experiments to test what works.
What is her clinical experience?
She has seven years of experience working in clinical settings. That work has included trauma, relationship issues, and family-related concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, and sees clients based in California.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting 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.
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