Jessica Hrdlicka, LCSW

Illinois · 15 years in practice

Jessica Hrdlicka is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois with 15 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Illinois: 149.018832 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1073941696 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 15
Languages: English

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About Jessica

Jessica Hrdlicka is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois with 15 years of clinical experience. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral methods to help people manage mood, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping people feel steadier and more in control.

Jessica has worked in schools, community settings, and independent practice. She has experience with people from early childhood through young adulthood.

Background and approach

Her work often focuses on trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, neurodivergence, and challenges related to chronic pain and body image. In sessions she emphasizes self-love, clearer communication, and small practical steps. She helps people build coping strategies, process painful experiences, and strengthen relationships with themselves and others.

Therapy is collaborative and paced to the client’s needs. Jessica draws on several therapy styles to fit each person’s situation. That can mean using cognitive behavioral tools to change distressing patterns, narrative techniques to rewrite a painful story, or Emotionally-Focused Therapy to deepen emotional understanding.

Her goal is to foster resilience and lasting change through realistic, achievable work. People looking for help with parenting stress, eating concerns, grief, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, or postpartum depression can find targeted support. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible care.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Jessica lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
ADHD
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Body image
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Communication problems
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Family problems
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Jessica names

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Online support

How Jessica blends therapy approaches online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and sit with strong feelings so they can change painful patterns in relationships and personal responses. This method supports work on trauma, attachment wounds, and intense emotional reactions by focusing on what feelings are trying to communicate.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on respectful listening and meeting people where they are. It gives space to explore concerns like self-worth, body image, and life purpose while the therapist follows the person’s lead and supports their own insight.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It offers practical tools for anxiety, panic, mood shifts, and coping with life changes through behavioral experiments and thought work.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Jessica will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. She adjusts the plan over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy can make regular work easier to keep up. Video calls provide face-to-face connection, phone sessions work when video isn’t possible, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel, and allow different ways of communicating depending on energy and bandwidth.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems can Jessica help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, grief, eating concerns, parenting strain, bipolar and ADHD among other mood and life challenges.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her approach is collaborative and practical, combining Emotionally-Focused Therapy, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people process feelings and change unhelpful patterns.

What is her professional background?

Jessica is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience working in schools, community programs, and independent practice.

Where is she based and licensed?

She is based in Illinois and holds an IL LCSW credential.

Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats does she offer?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible options for different needs.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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