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Jesse Stapleton

Calm-focused, practical therapy for life challenges

LCSW Oklahoma

Experience
7 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Languages
English

About Jesse

Jesse Stapleton is an Oklahoma-licensed clinical social worker who supports people navigating stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, trauma, and life transitions.

Background and approach

With seven years of professional experience and a strengths-based stance, he centers the client as the expert in their own story while offering structured therapeutic tools to address emotional and interpersonal challenges.

He integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside trauma-informed methods such as EMDR and Trauma-Focused Therapy, as well as Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused techniques, tailoring interventions to the presenting concern. Jesse emphasizes practical skill-building for coping, communication, and emotional regulation while also attending to intimate topics like intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, and identity matters including LGBT-related stress.

Clients seeking help for depression, career strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, or specific focuses such as adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, end-of-life counseling, and alternative sexual cultures will find a clinician experienced across a wide range of issues.

He encourages hopeful engagement with therapy and supports clients as they explore goals, try new strategies, and move toward meaningful change.

Approaches for Online Healing and Practical Change



Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress; it emphasizes skills that clients can apply between sessions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) helps process distressing memories and trauma-related symptoms by using guided bilateral stimulation alongside therapeutic processing to reduce the emotional charge of past events. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method that explores ambivalence and enhances motivation for change, often useful for career shifts, habit change, or stages of transition.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and is done collaboratively. The therapist will discuss each method, consider the client's history and goals, and adapt interventions over time so the plan fits the individual's needs and preferences rather than imposing a single technique.

Online therapy with Jesse is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable while working toward practical coping strategies and therapeutic goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Jesse commonly work with?
He works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, and a range of other issues listed in his profile.
What is Jesse's therapeutic style and approach?
He uses a strengths-based, collaborative style and combines approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to match client needs.
How much clinical experience does Jesse have?
Jesse has seven years of professional work experience as a licensed social worker in clinical settings.
What credentials and location apply to this clinician?
He holds LCSW licensure with AR LCSW 27529-C and OK LCSW 7735 and practices from Oklahoma.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English; he is not accepting international clients at this time.
In what session formats can someone meet with Jesse?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How is cost handled for therapy with Jesse?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule appointments according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureCancerCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Licensed

Oklahoma, Arkansas

Languages

English