Video Sessions plus Offices in L.A. & Ojai
Welcome to Therapy
In the emotionally safe harbor of therapy, you can press up against your edges and be met with deep compassion and theoretically supported interventions.
This is your time. To be listened to. To be seen. To be understood.
Vulnerability might have been a liability in the past.
In therapy, your vulnerability is a portal to your healing.
Jessica specializes in working with the highly sensitive person (HSP): individuals who feel everything deeply and intensely. Jessica has extensive experience working with successful people—and the deep inner work to be done—to increase quality of life and relationship satisfaction; to heal old wounds and face present challenges.
Jessica utilizes Family Systems, IFS, ACT, EMDR, Narrative Therapy, Archetypal Psychology and more.
Jessica guides clients at various life stages, facing transitions, both wanted and unwanted. Common symptoms include: Anxiety, Depression, Rumination, Panic, Loneliness, Co-Dependence, and Relationship & Career Stress.
Your emerging insights coupled with Jessica's empathic attention, honed interpretation and analysis, are all harnessed as agents of change.
Experts & Innovators (Not Clients) Recommending Jessica
Dr. Shefali Tsabary, author of Conscious Parenting
“Once in a while I meet someone that truly stands out—Jessica was able to connect to me and my work in a way that showed me her deep insightful nature and ability to understand what was important to me. It is her unique talent to connect to people and communicate with them at their level that is her artistry and genius.”
Dr. Laura Markham, author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids
"Jessica’s people skills are unparalleled; she listens deeply, communicates clearly and looks for win/win solutions to every problem.”
Dr. David Palmiter, author of Working Parents, Thriving Families
"Jessica is a like a people maestro."
Carrie-Anne Moss, founder of AnnaPurna Living
“Jessica is a truly amazing woman. She is such a pure person with valuable information and the skill to articulate it.”
JESSICA HICKS, M.A., M.A., L.M.F.T.
Jessica Hicks is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a wealth of theoretical knowledge, clinical expertise and practical application. She earned her first Master’s degree in Depth Psychology with Somatic Studies, followed by a second Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. She received her Bachelor's degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, in Professional Music.
Jessica received clinical training in: EMDR through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness; Trauma & Addiction Therapy through International Trauma & Addiction Therapist Professionals; IFS through PESI; Mindfulness through National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine; and Indigenous Healing Practices through Dr. Alberto Villoldo’s Four Winds Society.
Jessica was a Program Director at the nationally recognized PCH (Psychological Care & Healing) Treatment Center for over five years overseeing individual’s treatment plans and working collaboratively with psychiatry, neuropsychological evaluation, OCD protocols (ACT & ERP), family members, and crisis management.
Jessica completed clinical training at Beit T’Shuvah Residential Treatment Center and led presentations on the phenomenon of trauma unconsciously influencing sexual consent to clinical trainees. The findings in her research on the topic were published in a cover article for The Therapist Magazine. Jessica’s original assessment tool, “Dynamic Sexual Consent” is featured in the New Harbinger publication, Healing Sexual Trauma Workbook.
Jessica was lead producer at Kids in the House for two years and interviewed renown leaders in the field of psychology including Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Shefali Tsabary, along with inclusivity champions Geena Davis and Ricki Lake. Jessica utilized her background in music coupled with her love of psychology to bring music therapy workshops to students at Loyola Marymount Extension, Pitzer College, and the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.
Jessica spent seven years devoted to full-time mothering. She chronicled her experiences for a weekly column on Mothering.com and was promoted to their “Ask An Expert” forum reaching over 1.5 million monthly views. Her techniques were published in Mothering Magazine, L.A. Parent Magazine, and Huffington Post. She led multiple parenting workshops for the parents of Pediatrics on Montana. She has co-led workshops with Sheryl Paul of Conscious Transitions as well as with Hala Khouri of Off the Mat, Into the World.
Jessica enjoys being a psychotherapist and life at home with her husband and adolescent children.
