Jessica Drennen (She/Her)

Jessica Drennen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience supporting people through stresses big and small. She focuses on issues like anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, parenting strains, and coping after major life changes. Jessica also addresses concerns around identity, body image, ADHD, and recovery from trauma and abuse.

Jessica keeps sessions direct and practical. She listens first, then helps people set small, clear goals. She is willing to talk about difficult topics, including race, LGBTQIA concerns, substance use, and the ways relationships shape daily life. Clients guide the pace and focus of work.

In the room, she draws on client-centered methods and brain-focused tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices are used when people need emotion regulation and grounding strategies. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is uncertain about change.

Jessica has a background in addiction care and broader clinical social work, and she brings fourteen years of hands-on experience to sessions in North Carolina. She aims to make therapy a place to sort priorities, test new behaviors, and reduce overwhelm.

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She supports people coping with natural or human-caused disaster and other sudden life disruptions by helping them stabilize, plan next steps, and rebuild routine. People who want clear steps and compassionate listening tend to find this approach useful.

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