About Jessica
Jessica Funk is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 12 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical help for people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, career crossroads, addictions, trauma, sleep problems, depression, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Jessica keeps conversations direct and respectful. She adapts the pace and style of sessions to each person’s needs.
Her work centers on identifying patterns that cause pain and testing small, doable changes that build confidence and stability. Clients can expect clear goals and straightforward tools.
Sessions often include talk that helps people see how their history affects current choices. Jessica also works on communication, boundaries, and managing impulses that get in the way of daily life.
She has helped people cope with life changes such as separation, career shifts, and the aftermath of abuse. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image, infidelity, jealousy, guilt, and issues common to first responders.
Jessica aims to create a supportive space where people can try new ways of responding. She meets people where they are and adjusts plans as progress happens.
Her approach is practical and centered on what will move a person forward now.
Evidence-based techniques for online growth
Jessica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. One approach helps people identify patterns in relationships and communication, then practice new responses that reduce conflict and increase closeness. This approach is useful for intimacy issues, communication problems, jealousy, and infidelity concerns.Another approach emphasizes managing emotions and impulses through simple skills work. It teaches ways to reduce reactivity, cope with cravings or addictive behaviors, and improve sleep and mood. This technique supports people dealing with addiction, depression, impulsivity, and trauma-related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, then try methods that fit. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most, so the process stays practical and focused on real-world changes.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues for communication work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick reflections, between-session support, and people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English