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Jessica Hrdlicka, LCSW
Illinois
LCSW - Anxiety and Trauma care
See online therapy options- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practice
- Emotion-focused work
About Jessica
Jessica Hrdlicka is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship concerns, parenting issues, and neurodivergence among other challenges.
Jessica has worked in schools, community programs, and private practice. She has clinical experience with people aged about 3 to 25 and with issues that include chronic pain, body image, and interpersonal problems. This range has shaped a practical style focused on clear steps and usable strategies.
Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered methods, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, mindfulness, and narrative techniques. She uses these to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, test new responses, and build steady coping skills. Sessions focus on specific problems and small experiments people can try between appointments.
Jessica often helps people recover from trauma, manage mood disorders, and improve communication with others. She also supports those navigating grief, postpartum mood changes, eating concerns, ADHD, and symptoms related to bipolar disorder. Work can include skill-building for anger management, panic, or self-harm prevention planning.
Her background includes training and hands-on work with women’s mental health and young adults. She draws on clinical experience with diverse settings to match interventions to what is workable for each person. Jessica emphasizes practical changes that fit into everyday life.
How Jessica uses structured approaches in online sessions
Jessica draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that keep problems going and to set small, testable experiments people can try between meetings. CBT helps with anxiety, panic, mood problems, and many forms of avoidance. Client-Centered Therapy is used to let clients lead the topics while the therapist listens and reflects so people can clarify what matters to them. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding and organizing feelings to improve how people relate to others and to themselves.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Jessica collaborates with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals, preferences, and daily routines. She will discuss what to try first and adjust methods as needs change, so the plan evolves from concrete goals and feedback.
Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use phone sessions when bandwidth is limited or video when visual interaction helps, depending on the formats the therapist supports.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, grief, eating and body image issues, ADHD, bipolar and related mood disorders.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test alternative responses. Sessions often include practice tasks and concrete skills to use between meetings.
What is her clinical background?
She is an LCSW with 15 years of experience working in schools, community-based settings, and private practice.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an Illinois LCSW and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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