Jessica Bolin Edwards
Compassionate CBT-informed counseling for life transitions
LPC Tennessee
- Experience
- 8 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Jessica
Jessica Bolin Edwards is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee who centers her work on collaborative, practical strategies.
Background and approach
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and build realistic coping skills, and she integrates client-centered principles to create a respectful, empathic space where each person’s experience is heard.
Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, relationship and family conflicts, grief, addiction, and attention-related difficulties. With eight years of experience across residential, mobile crisis, outpatient, and in-home settings, Jessica has developed familiarity with varied clinical presentations and severity levels.
She also brings focused attention to adoption and foster care issues as well as attachment-related concerns. Her style is warm and interactive, emphasizing collaboration to set concrete goals and actionable steps that fit each client’s needs.
Jessica encourages those ready to pursue change to take the first step toward growth and offers supportive guidance throughout the process.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Jessica uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients recognize and shift unhelpful thought patterns and build practical coping skills, which can be applied directly between online sessions to manage anxiety, depression, and stress. She also practices client-centered therapy, prioritizing empathic listening and collaborative goal-setting so clients feel understood and actively involved in planning their treatment. When appropriate, she integrates EMDR techniques to address trauma symptoms by guiding clients through structured processing protocols adapted for remote delivery.Finding the right therapeutic approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to evaluate needs, preferences, and goals, then adapt methods and pace so the chosen strategies feel like a good fit. This collaborative selection helps ensure sessions remain focused and relevant to the client’s priorities.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy schedules or to continue work from home. These formats allow for ongoing check-ins, skills practice between sessions, and timely support while maintaining continuity of care with licensed professionals.
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Experience
8+ years
Licensed
Tennessee
Languages
English