About

Video Sessions plus Offices in L.A. & Ojai

Hicks Psychotherapy

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, CLINICAL EXPERTISE & PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Jessica Hicks, M.A., M.A., L.M.F.T.

EDUCATION

M.A. Counseling Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute

M.A. Depth Psychology with Somatic Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute

B.A. Professional Music, Berklee College of Music

MODALITY TRAININGS

EMDR through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness; Trauma & Addiction Therapy through International Trauma & Addiction Therapist Professionals;

Mindfulness Training through National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine;

IFS (Internal Family Systems) through PESI;

Indigenous Healing Practices through Dr. Alberto Villoldo’s Four Winds Society.

EXPERIENCE, PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Jessica Hicks is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a wealth of theoretical knowledge, clinical expertise and practical application.

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.