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Dr. Jessica Winn, LMFT

  • Experience19 years
  • LocationVirginia
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Jessica

Dr. Jessica Winn is a licensed marriage and family therapist who centers care on people looking to reduce stress and anxiety, address addiction, process trauma, or build self-esteem and motivation.

Background and approach

With 19 years of clinical work and extensive experience across treatment settings, she offers calm, practical support for a wide range of life challenges. Her training and work include individual and group interventions with children, teens, families, adults, and couples, and she brings that breadth into each client interaction.

Her background spans schools, group homes, substance use rehabilitation clinics, psychological assessment offices, home-based programs, and partial hospitalization settings. That variety has informed a flexible, client-focused style that blends Internal Family Systems with attachment-based and client-centered perspectives, alongside cognitive behavioral and emotion-focused techniques when they fit.

Dr. Winn holds an LMFT and practices in Virginia, drawing on nearly two decades of teaching, supervision, and direct clinical care to help clients clarify goals and make practical changes that matter in daily life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Internal Family Systems (IFS) frames struggles as interactions among different parts of the self, helping clients notice and unblend from reactive parts to access calmer, wiser internal leadership; this can aid work on trauma responses, self-esteem, and internal conflict. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating and emotional bonds, offering ways to explore relationship needs, repair ruptures, and build more stable connections. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and a collaborative stance so that clients set the pace and goals while the therapist mirrors and supports their process.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then tailor techniques from these models to fit each person's situation rather than prescribing a single method from the start.

Online formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to receive consistent care around work, family, and other obligations. These options provide scheduling flexibility, allow people to continue work when relocation or mobility is a concern, and support follow-up between sessions when shorter check-ins are useful.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, parenting, mood concerns like depression and bipolar disorder, ADHD, and a variety of related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, integrating Internal Family Systems, attachment-based ideas, CBT, and emotionally-focused strategies tailored to each person's needs.
How long has she been practicing clinically?
She brings 19 years of clinical experience, plus additional years supervising clinicians and teaching behavioral science students at the university level.
What credentials and where does she practice?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist licensed in California and Virginia with CA LMFT 79849 and VA LMFT 0717002088, and she practices in Virginia.
Does she offer therapy in other languages or take international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for appointments?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to the available formats listed.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBody imageCodependencyCommunication problemsDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImmigration issuesInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

19+ years

Licensed

Virginia, California

Languages

English