Jessica Mangan, LPC

Jessica Mangan is a Michigan-based Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with twenty years of clinical experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and life transitions. She earned a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University in 2005 and brings experience from crisis units, community mental health centers, and correctional settings, along with roles in leadership and staff training.

Her work has frequently focused on sexual addictions, substance use, anxiety and stress, and trauma. Jessica blends a straightforward, compassionate approach with practical tools and strategies so clients can begin making change right away. She draws on evidence-based methods such as solution-focused counseling, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and psycho-educational interventions within a humanistic framework. As an LPC - a credential that indicates clinical training in counseling - she emphasizes a relaxed, collaborative therapeutic relationship that supports insight, skill-building, and sustainable progress.

Jessica offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for clients in Michigan, and she welcomes those ready to take the next step toward healthier, more satisfying lives.

Evidence-informed approaches for online care

Jessica often uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns so they can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and develop more effective coping skills. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is another approach she employs for emotion regulation and interpersonal challenges - DBT combines skill-building in areas like distress tolerance and relationship effectiveness with a focus on balancing acceptance and change. Mindfulness therapy complements these approaches by teaching present-moment awareness and nonjudgmental observation, which can reduce reactivity and improve emotional resilience.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jessica works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts techniques over time so the plan fits the individual rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain continuity of care from home or work. Licensed professionals and therapists can deliver many of the same evidence-informed strategies remotely, offering flexibility and more options for how and when people access support.