Jessica Griggs, LCSW

Jessica Griggs is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience in Tennessee. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She also supports those coping with compassion fatigue. Jessica approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

Her sessions begin with a clear conversation about immediate needs and goals. She tailors dialogue and plans to match what each person brings to session. That means practical steps, not vague homework - small changes that fit daily life.

Jessica uses a mix of methods to address symptoms and patterns. She draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Attachment-based ideas help when relationship patterns or abandonment worries come up. She also uses acceptance and commitment practices to clarify values and manage difficult feelings.

For trauma and abuse survivors she integrates trauma-focused tools designed to reduce distress and rebuild a sense of safety in everyday routines. Work with body image, caregiver stress, fertility concerns, or first responder strain is organized around concrete coping skills and pacing so people don’t feel overwhelmed.

Her aim is steady progress rather than instant fixes. She helps people identify small, sustainable shifts and practices they can use outside session. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she offers steady support while people find what works for them.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Jessica uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors in everyday situations. CBT breaks problems into manageable steps and offers practical tools for anxiety, depression, and relationship patterns.

She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns show up now. That approach helps when fears of abandonment or recurring communication problems affect current relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means checking in about what's helping and changing direction when something does not fit.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also let someone join from a quieter place, use less bandwidth with audio-only, or keep a simple weekly routine that fits work and family life.