Jessica Lareau, LICSW

Jessica Lareau is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts. She focuses on practical help for people facing depression, addictions, relationship strain, and major life changes. Her style is straightforward and strengths-based, encouraging clients to notice what already helps them and build from there.

Jessica emphasizes a partnership in therapy. She listens to the whole story and helps people set small, doable goals. Sessions often focus on skills that make day-to-day life easier, clearer thinking about choices, and ways to handle strong emotions without feeling overwhelmed.

With 14 years of experience Jessica has worked with issues such as caregiver stress, blended family concerns, codependency, and forgiveness. She also addresses career strain, grief, self-esteem, first responder issues, and struggles related to bipolar disorder. Her approach combines evidence-informed techniques with attention to personal history and patterns that repeat over time.

Therapy may include learning new coping skills, practicing communication strategies, and examining emotional patterns that keep problems going. Jessica uses tools from acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavior approaches, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic ideas to tailor sessions to each person’s needs.

People who choose Jessica can expect a collaborative, down-to-earth process aimed at practical change. She supports clients as they try new ways of responding to stress, repair important relationships, or make meaningful life changes.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small actions that match those values while learning to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for depression, emptiness, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and change behaviors that keep problems like anxiety, low mood, or relationship conflict going. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds concrete emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process may combine ACT, CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic ideas depending on what helps in practice.

The practical advantage of online therapy is that it can fit into a busy life. It may make it easier to schedule regular check-ins around work or caregiving, allow shorter follow-up sessions when needed, or reduce travel time. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. The focus is on making therapy usable and relevant to everyday routines while trying different tools to see what works best.