Jessica Katz

Jessica Katz is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting struggles, and relationship concerns. She has more than two decades of clinical experience and brings a calm, steady presence to difficult moments. Jessica aims to help clients build skills they can use long after sessions end. She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to address thoughts and behaviors that keep people stuck. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship patterns and close connection. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, is included for processing traumatic memories when that is appropriate. Jessica describes therapy as a dance between client and therapist. Sometimes the client leads and sometimes she does. That metaphor guides her pacing - slow and steady when needed, more active at other times. She emphasizes patience and self-kindness during change. Her background includes work in New York and Florida before relocating to Utah. Over 21 years she has supported people with grief, addiction, anger, disordered eating, ADHD, and separation or blended family transitions. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment problems, and codependency. Sessions focus on practical coping skills and building emotional awareness. Jessica aims to teach strategies so clients can take the lead in their lives again. She brings respect, humility, and compassion to each therapeutic relationship. If you want help navigating big life changes, difficult relationships, or past wounds, Jessica offers a steady therapeutic approach grounded in experience and empathy.

How these approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people recognize and change unhelpful interaction styles. It is useful for people struggling with trust, abandonment fears, or repeating hurtful cycles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors together and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and improve mood. It is often used for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. EMDR is a trauma-processing approach that targets distressing memories to reduce their emotional impact; it can be helpful for people with trauma and abuse histories.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit best based on their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration may mean trying a practical CBT exercise one week and doing deeper attachment work the next.

Confirm session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, cut down commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Some formats use less bandwidth or do not require video, which can help on hectic days. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches so the work remains focused and goal oriented even when meeting remotely.