Dr. Zereana Jess-Huff, LMFT

Dr. Zereana Jess-Huff recognizes that reaching out for help takes courage and offers a steady, education-focused approach to therapy. With 15 years of experience, she is a licensed professional counselor and a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - and she works with individuals ages 13 and older. Her style emphasizes behavioral activation, meaning sessions focus on practical steps and skills clients can try between appointments so progress extends into daily life.

Sessions with Dr. Jess-Huff are intended to leave people feeling heard and clear about a plan, with concrete tools to practice outside of therapy. She integrates evidence-based theories in ways that feel relatable and relevant, building skills week by week toward healthier functioning. Her clinical strengths include work with adolescents, ADHD, complex post-traumatic stress, depression, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety disorder, and she has training in treating process addictions such as shopping addiction, gambling addiction, and love addiction.

Dr. Jess-Huff maintains a particular interest in women’s health and in supporting members of the LGBTQIA community, including those who identify as transgender. She approaches counseling as a collaborative process, aiming to empower clients to move toward meaningful change and improved well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Jess-Huff uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of relating; this approach helps people understand attachment wounds and build more secure connections. She also incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to teach practical coping skills. In addition, her client-centered orientation places the client’s perspective and goals at the center of the work, creating a supportive space where the person’s experiences guide the pace and focus of therapy.

Finding the right approach is part of the process, and Dr. Jess-Huff works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time so the plan remains relevant and useful.

Online therapy offers flexible options for connecting - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life, to maintain continuity of care across locations, and to choose the communication style that feels most comfortable.