Jessica Stern

Jessica Stern is a New Hampshire Psychologist (NH Psychologist 937) with 30 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, grief, career questions, and life purpose. Sessions may be conducted in English or Spanish, and she accepts international clients.

Her style is practical and goal-oriented. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with psychodynamic ideas and uses psychoeducation to make patterns clearer. She also draws on attachment-focused work and trauma approaches when needed, including EMDR for some trauma-related concerns.

Clients can expect clear conversation about what is most pressing, with plans built together to address specific problems. She helps people sort through relationship troubles, parenting conflicts, midlife questions, immigration or multicultural stressors, and health-related adjustment like coping with cancer. She also supports those facing loneliness, abandonment issues, blended family challenges, and questions about life direction.

Jessica has long experience with Hispanic clients and brings bilingual, bicultural perspective to sessions in Spanish or English. Over three decades she has combined evaluation and therapeutic work alongside life coaching to help clients set goals and try practical strategies between meetings.

Her background includes long-term clinical practice in New Hampshire as a licensed psychologist, with training across several trauma and attachment approaches. She asks clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire to start, then schedule a first session to outline concerns and next steps.

How Jessica’s approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships. It looks at how early bonds influence current trust, communication, and intimacy, and can help with relationship strain, attachment worries, and parenting concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses clear exercises and practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage depression, and change unhelpful habits between sessions.

EMDR is an approach used for trauma-related memories and intense reactions. It aims to reduce the emotional charge of traumatic experiences and is often paired with other trauma-focused work.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review needs, goals, and preferences together and recommend which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted over time based on what helps.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make scheduling easier, support shorter check-ins during a busy day, or remove travel time so sessions fit around work and family obligations. It can also allow continued work with a bilingual clinician when living away from the therapist’s base region.