Jessica Busekist, LMHC

Jessica Busekist is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with ten years of clinical experience. She emphasizes a respectful, client-directed approach and aims to help people clarify their needs and goals. Jessica works in straightforward, practical ways so people can build skills and feel steadier in daily life.

She uses approaches that center the client's perspective and goals. That means starting where a person is and deciding together on the next steps. Sessions may include problem-solving, shorter goal-focused work, or deeper processing for painful memories and trauma.

Jessica has supported people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, mood challenges, and anger. She also helps those coping with grief, addictions, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and life changes. Chronic pain, illness, and disability are among her additional focus areas, along with caregiver stress and communication problems.

Her clinical methods include client-centered therapy to follow a person's lead, motivational interviewing to strengthen motivation for change, solution-focused techniques for practical progress, and EMDR for addressing traumatic memories. Jessica aims to match methods to a person's needs rather than use a single path for everyone.

People who choose her often want clear collaboration and a mix of skills work and deeper emotional processing. She encourages questions about approach and fit before committing to sessions. To begin, readers are invited to use the site's Start Therapy flow to match and schedule with her.

How Jessica's Approaches Work in Online Therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. The therapist creates room for a person to name what matters most and guides the conversation around those priorities. It works well for people who want a collaborative, paced process.

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a method used to help process distressing memories and the feelings tied to them. In practice it involves targeted attention and guided processing to reduce the intensity of painful memories over time.

Motivational interviewing helps people find and strengthen their own reasons for change. It is especially useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about making shifts in behavior or routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She collaborates on a plan that can include brief, solution-focused steps or longer trauma-focused work depending on needs.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce commute time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and let people work in a setting that feels comfortable for them. Licensed professionals can use a mix of approaches to adapt to each person's goals.