Jessica Yetto, LPC

Jessica Yetto is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 25 years of experience. She earned an MA in Counseling in 2004 and has spent much of her career supporting people with significant mental health diagnoses in a variety of settings.

For the past seven years she has worked in a jail environment where her role includes evaluating suicidal ideation, completing intakes, and providing crisis intervention. She regularly collaborates with custody staff to improve understanding of patients with complex mental health needs and offers counseling support to officers who encounter completed suicides. These responsibilities have shaped a pragmatic, safety-oriented approach to care.

Earlier in her career she worked in a transitional housing program that served individuals with serious mental health concerns and has experience as a mobile therapist, behavioral specialist consultant, and supervisor of a family support program. Given the demands of her current setting, she primarily uses solution-focused therapy to teach immediate, practical coping skills. She also addresses anxiety and depression, and coordinates with a CRNP and PA to consider medication and physical health factors. She is interested in expanding her practice beyond the jail setting to provide broader therapeutic services to a more diverse population.

Solution-Focused and Cognitive Strategies for Online Care

Jessica Yetto draws on solution-focused therapy to identify immediate, achievable goals and teach practical coping skills tailored to a client's current challenges. This approach is often useful when addressing crisis situations, stress, and problems that benefit from concrete strategies.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which helps people recognize unhelpful thinking patterns and develop alternative ways of responding. CBT is commonly applied to anxiety, depression, and mood-related concerns to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. A licensed professional will work collaboratively with each person to consider goals, preferences, and needs, and adapt methods over time so therapy remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy with Jessica can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling and location. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives and to maintain continuity of care when attending in-person meetings is difficult. Therapists can use the same core approaches in virtual sessions to support progress and skill development.