Jessalyn Wininger, LPC

Jessalyn Wininger is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Missouri. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness practices to help people face anxiety, depression, and trauma. Jessalyn frames therapy as a partnership and focuses on practical skills that people can use day to day.

She has four years of professional experience and works with concerns including LGBT issues, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with stress, addictions, grief, bipolar disorder, and sleep difficulties. Jessalyn listens for strengths in each person's story and helps build on them.

In sessions she emphasizes simple, do-able steps. That might mean learning tools from DBT for emotion regulation, using CBT strategies to shift unhelpful thinking, or practicing mindfulness to reduce reactivity. She keeps language plain and focuses on what a person can try between meetings.

Jessalyn has additional focus on caregiver stress, attachment and abandonment issues, dissociation, and challenges like panic attacks and post-traumatic stress. She also addresses relationship concerns such as intimacy-related issues and non-monogamous relationship dynamics.

Her approach centers on collaboration. Jessalyn helps people set concrete goals and tracks small changes over time. She encourages realistic steps toward clearer thinking, steadier moods, and improved daily functioning.

How these approaches guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and take action toward a meaningful life. In practice this looks like naming what matters and trying small experiments that align with those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest strategies from these approaches. That choice is collaborative and can change as needs shift over time.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing check-ins during a break. It can also let people choose shorter or focused sessions when a full hour is hard to schedule, or use audio-only contact when video is not ideal. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and mindfulness exercises to work across different online setups, helping people practice skills between meetings.