Jessica Senecal-Bennett, LICSW, LCSW

Jessica Senecal-Bennett is a licensed social worker with 25 years of experience supporting people through anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, workplace stress, and boundary concerns. She holds the credentials LICSW and LCSW - LICSW stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and LCSW stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and she is also a Certified Clinical Telemental Health Provider, indicating specific training to deliver therapy remotely. Jessica maintains licenses in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and Maine and brings a long history of clinical work with individuals facing a wide range of life stressors.

Her practice centers on a client-focused approach that emphasizes collaboration, skill-building, and practical strategies. She draws on evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused techniques, blending these with client-centered principles to tailor treatment to each person’s needs. Jessica works with people on issues including trauma and abuse, intimacy and relationship concerns, compassion fatigue, career stress, sleep problems, and mood disorders such as bipolar conditions.

Known for offering a supportive therapeutic space, she aims to help clients identify strengths, learn coping tools, and move toward meaningful change. Jessica approaches each case with attention to individual goals, life context, and readiness for change, offering steady guidance for those navigating transitions, grief, isolation, or ongoing stressors.

Approaches and Flexibility for Online Therapy

Jessica uses client-centered therapy to create a collaborative and respectful space where the person's goals guide the work; this approach focuses on empathy, active listening, and building a therapeutic relationship and is helpful for people facing life changes, relationship concerns, and feelings of isolation.

She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through structured strategies and skill-building; CBT is often effective for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and stress-related problems.

Solution-focused therapy is another tool in her practice, emphasizing practical steps and strengths to create forward movement when clients want targeted, goal-oriented support for issues like career decisions, boundary setting, or coping with transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Jessica works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexible ways to connect that accommodate work schedules, caregiving demands, and geographic distance. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide consistent care, make scheduling easier, and support ongoing access to therapy from different locations.