Jessica Atkins, LCPC

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I believe in focusing on my client's strengths, because there are a lot! I feel that if we recognize and use our unique strengths, we can improve our self-esteem and feel more empowered to make decisions. I believe that creating a warm, non-judgmental, and safe therapeutic environment is necessary to facilitate change. I thoroughly enjoy establishing a strong therapeutic relationship with my clients in order to help them work through difficult situations, feelings, and work towards their mental health goals. My approach to therapy is for my client to examine their own thoughts and to help them understand how these thoughts affect their feelings and behaviors. I enjoy helping people regulate their emotions, tolerate distress, and improve their communication as well. I enjoy working with kids, adolescents, adults, couples, and families on a variety of issues. I have experience helping clients experiencing depression, anxiety, mood disorders, life transitions, personality disorders, body image, marriage difficulties, and self-esteem issues.

I specialize in Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for Eating Disorders and enjoy working with kids and teens and their families that struggle with anorexia, bulimia, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), and binge eating disorder. I also enjoy working with adults that struggle with binge eating disorder and body image issues. In my free time, I enjoy staying active, being outdoors, dancing, eating good food, traveling, and spending time with my friends and family.