Jessica King

Therapeutic Specialties

Jessica offers a supportive and collaborative environment, specializing in helping individuals and families navigate emotional hurdles and build lasting resilience:

• •OCD & Anxiety Support:
  • •Specialized care for OCD and anxiety-related concerns.
  • •Managing chronic stress and emotional regulation.
• •Healing from Trauma & Behavioral Challenges:
  • •Trauma-informed support for long-term healing.
  • •Addressing substance use and complex behavioral concerns.
• •Mood & Emotional Wellness:
  • •Support for depression and navigating difficult emotional landscapes.
• •Youth & Family Systems:
  • •Specialized focus on children, adolescents, and young adults.
  • •Collaborative family work to promote healing within the home system.

Clinical Approach & Modalities

Jessica utilizes evidence-based, person-centered approaches to help clients gain confidence and move toward a life they feel proud of:

• •Evidence-Based OCD & Anxiety Treatment:
  • •Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to foster flexibility and values-based living.
  • •Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) to target the root of obsessional doubt.
  • •Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to develop effective coping strategies for anxiety and depression.
• •Psychological Flexibility & Mindfulness:
  • •Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to build psychological flexibility and help clients move toward what truly matters to them.
  • •Mindfulness practices to ground in the present moment.
• •Trauma-Informed & Systems Care:
  • •Trauma-Informed Approaches to ensure a safe, supportive environment for healing.
  • •Systems Theory to understand the environmental factors impacting an individual's well-being.
• •Empowerment & Motivation:
  • •Motivational Interviewing (MI) to clarify personal goals and build the confidence needed for sustainable change.

Education

• •Master of Social Work - Brigham Young University (2027)
• •Bachelor of Science - Public Health - Brigham Young University

Bio

I am currently in the Master of Social Work program at Brigham Young University. Previously, I had several years of experience working in an adolescent residential treatment environment working with a variety of mental health problem areas, including OCD. The experiences I had there led to an increased passion for mental health and advocating for each individual to have an environment where they can feel supported and confident in overcoming obstacles and reaching their goals.

I love to hear the experiences of each person and create a space where they can feel accepted and build skills that help them move forward in their life. Being able to understand what is important to an individual and working collaboratively with them to get there through the highs and lows brings me a lot of joy. Getting to see an individual increasingly see themselves as someone capable, confident, and of worth is why I do what I do.

There are so many factors in life that can feel out of our control, so my goal is to help each person work with what they can control and create a life that they feel proud of. To do this, I also strongly believe that it is important to not only help children and youth heal, but to work with the family to heal together. For individuals, I also believe it is important to utilize a systems theory to understand all the factors at play around them and support lasting change.

In my free time I love playing soccer and pickleball, being outside, listening to a good podcast, and spending time with my friends and family.