Jerrica Barksdale, LMFT

Jerrica Barksdale is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping people reconnect with their sense of identity and build lasting self-esteem. She works with individuals, couples, and families who feel disconnected, struggle with self-doubt, or find themselves shrinking in relationships, work, or everyday life. Her work centers on helping clients reclaim their voice, recognize their worth, and cultivate greater clarity and confidence.

She supports people navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, betrayal, stress, and major life transitions. With experience addressing mood disorders, trauma histories, identity struggles, and relational patterns, she helps clients who feel stuck, overwhelmed, emotionally guarded, or uncertain about who they are becoming. Her approach intentionally targets identity development, boundary setting, emotional regulation, and self-worth.

Jerrica uses a collaborative, strengths-based style tailored to each person’s story, integrating evidence-based techniques such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, and mindfulness. For those who wish to include faith and spirituality, she incorporates those elements in a respectful, client-led way, treating personal beliefs as a potential source of meaning and resilience. Warm and authentic while offering honest feedback and practical tools, she aims to guide clients from self-doubt toward self-trust, from confusion toward clarity, and from mere survival toward a life rooted in confidence and purpose. Beginning therapy is framed as a meaningful step, and she is ready to walk alongside clients as they build a stronger, more confident sense of self.

Evidence-Based Approaches Offered Remotely

Jerrica frequently uses cognitive-behavioral therapy, which helps people identify and shift unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. This approach is practical and skills-focused, often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.

She also draws on narrative therapy, which explores the stories people tell about themselves and helps rewrite those narratives to support a healthier sense of identity and purpose. This approach can be especially useful for identity struggles, life transitions, and relational patterns.

Mindfulness practices are integrated to help with emotional regulation and grounding during moments of overwhelm or reactivity. These techniques support greater presence and more intentional responses to difficult emotions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jerrica collaborates with each client to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility - sessions can happen via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to access consistent support while balancing work, family, and other commitments.