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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFTThis therapist is currently not accepting new clients. Find available New York and Connecticut therapists on Zencare.
Jessica Riocci, LMFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist offering virtual sessions for those residing in CT and NY and in-person sessions in Norwalk, CT. Jessica works with adults, children, teens, families, and prenatal and postpartum women. Many of Jessica’s clients initiate therapy when experiencing significant life changes, anxiety, and/or depression. Jessica often has clients that seek her out for a more holistic, somatic, and strength-based approach to their mental health care. Jessica is particularly passionate about serving the perinatal population. Jessica has advanced training in the area of maternal mental health, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and postpartum care.
Jessica uses a systemic theoretical orientation and integrates experiential, mindfulness, cognitive, behavioral, and somatic interventions depending on the client’s needs. Jessica’s clients often leave therapy with new helpful perspectives, more self-awareness, action steps to help them achieve their goals, and more experience and skills in mindfulness, feeling safer in their body, processing and integrating painful experiences, and staying within their window of tolerance amidst a wider range of emotions.
Jessica’s style is warm, creative, and intuitive. When a client first comes in, the presenting problem, history, exceptions to the presenting problem, current supports, and goals for therapy are explored. Jessica is dedicated to providing a relationship that is collaborative and respects you as the authority and change-maker in your life.
Jessica received a Master of Arts degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fairfield University. Jessica gained experience at Coastal Connecticut Counseling, Southwest CT Mental Health Systems, and Discovery Behavioral which gave them valuable experience in working with children, families, adolescents, the mental health system at large, and significant anxiety and depression. Outside of private practice, Jessica enjoys spending time in nature and exploring other healing modalities and traditions from cultures across time and space.
Adolescent mental health - Working with adolescents, teenagers, and parents on social, academic, and/or emotional challenges throughout teenage years; addressing anxiety, family conflicts, peer relationships, school stress, transition to college, social media pressures, self-esteem, hopelessness about the future, emotional disregulation
Child mental health - Specialized strategies for common childhood disorders including attention issues, attachment problems, behavioral disorders, learning disorders, autism spectrum diagnoses, and feeding or elimination issues.
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
Pregnancy, perinatal, postpartum mental health - Addressing issues specific to women and families during the pregnancy and postpartum period, including postpartum depression and anxiety
Mind-body connection - Practicing mindfulness to draw together how the body feels physically and how the mind feels mentally; healing both physically and mentally
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Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.
Years of Experience: 3 years
Private Practice at Loving Presence Therapy, Owner and Primary Therapist, 2022 - Present
Discovery Behavioral Health, Primary Therapist, 2020 - 2021
Fairfield University, Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, 2020
Fordham University, Bachelor of Science in Psychology , 2016
New York: 001915
Connecticut: 2771
English