Jessica Odell
Compassionate, practical support for life transitions
LCSW, CSW Colorado
- Experience
- 12 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Jessica
Jessica Odell is a licensed clinical social worker based in Colorado who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
With 12 years of professional experience, she offers a compassionate, respectful approach and works to create individualized plans that match each person's circumstances and goals. Jessica emphasizes sensitivity and practical support while guiding clients through steps toward greater well-being.
Her style centers on collaboration and empowerment, shaping conversations and interventions to suit what matters most to the client. Jessica draws from evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EMDR alongside client-centered and narrative techniques, combining approaches to address emotional pain, relationship concerns, self-esteem, and decision points.
She aims to help clients build coping skills, process difficult experiences, and make meaningful changes at a pace that feels right. Jessica is credentialed as LCSW and CSW and practices in Colorado.
She frames therapy as a partnership that honors each person's strengths while addressing challenges like parenting stress, relationship difficulties, ADHD-related struggles, and complex grief. Her goal is to support and empower people as they take the courageous steps toward a more satisfying life.
Approaches and Online Care for Building Practical Skills
Jessica uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical strategies for changing behaviors and easing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. She also integrates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when trauma processing is appropriate, offering structured techniques aimed at reducing the intensity of traumatic memories and their emotional impact. Client-centered principles guide her work as well, emphasizing a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship that supports clients' own goals and perspectives.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jessica collaborates with each person to assess needs, experiment with methods, and adjust the plan over time so the therapy fits their goals, values, and preferences. This collaborative process helps determine whether CBT, EMDR, client-centered work, or a combination will be most helpful for the issues at hand.
Online therapy offers flexibility through multiple formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow clients to engage in sessions from home or other convenient locations, fit care into busy schedules, and maintain continuity when life changes make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach coping skills, guide exposure exercises, process experiences, and provide ongoing support in a way that adapts to each client's circumstances.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Jessica commonly address?
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Which session formats are available for online work?
How are costs and billing handled?
What steps are required to begin working together?
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Licensed
Colorado
Languages
English