Jessica Hicks, M.A., M.A., L.M.F.T.
Education
I am a licensed psychotherapist in the state of California. I have a Master's Degree in Depth Psychology with a Somatic Studies Specialization and a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. I studied sociology at Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH.
Additional Training
I completed Part I in EMDR Therapy Training through the EMDRIA approved Institute for Creative Mindfulness; Module I in Addiction Therapy through IITAP-International Institute of Trauma & Addiction Professionals; Module I in Energy Medicine through Four Winds Society.
Background
In addition to private practice, I am a Program Director at Psychological Care & Healing Treatment Center (PCH), and serve as a consultant for Hollywood Health & Society. I did my practicum as a therapist at Beit T' Shuvah Residential Addiction Treatment Center. Prior to this, I was the Senior Producer at KidsInTheHouse.com interviewing renown psychologists, psychiatrists, and experts in the field of mental health for over two years. I have led community music therapy workshops for Pitzer College as well as Healing Through Music courses for Loyola Marymount University Extension. I was a celebrity parenting coach and columnist for Mothering.com for two years and have been published in CAMFT's The Therapist Magazine and HuffingtonPost.com.
LATEST RESEARCH
My article, "The Intersection of Unconscious Trauma Responses and Sexual Praxes" is published in the July/August, 2019, edition of CAMFT's The Therapist Magazine.
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e8a3be6e#/e8a3be6e/20
"Elucidating Unconscious Drivers in Clandestine Sexual Practices: Means and Methods for Ego-Syntonic Dynamic Sexual Consent" is a 60-page synthesis of research from trauma experts, psychologists, psychiatrists, and sex therapists This thesis contains insights for clients as well as practical applications clinicians. Understand the trauma responses of reenactment, reverse reenactment, repetition compulsion, fawning, and dissociation; learn how these unconscious reactions may manifest in sexual behavior compromising sexual consent; and discover interventions designed to engender ego-syntonic sexuality.
Professional Organization Affiliation
Jessica Hicks is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #125254 and a member of CAMFT (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists).
