Jessica Otton, LCSW

Jessica Otton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida with nine years of clinical experience. She trained at Florida Gulf Coast University, earning both a Bachelor and Master of Social Work. She has spent much of her career in medical social work and hospice settings, and has experience in substance use rehabilitation and private practice.

Jessica uses a strengths-based style in sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral strategies and solution-focused techniques to help people set and reach practical goals. Sessions emphasize building trust and working together as a team to address concerns.

Her background includes in-patient, home, and nursing home hospice care, and work with court-mandated and voluntary clients in addiction settings. Jessica has supported people through grief, end-of-life issues, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. She also addresses anxiety, depression, family conflict, parenting concerns, and trauma.

Clients can expect straightforward, goal-oriented work that also pays attention to emotional needs. Jessica aims to help people identify strengths, develop coping skills, and make changes that fit their everyday life. She focuses on practical steps rather than abstract explanations.

Her practice reflects experience with a wide age range, including infants through older adults, and with complex medical and behavioral health situations. People seeking help for substance use, grief, stress, or life transitions may find her background useful when considering therapy.

How Jessica’s Approaches Work Online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on the ways relationships shape how people relate to others and themselves. It can help when relationship patterns, trust, or past hurts affect current life and decision making. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to change them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Jessica will listen to your goals and preferences and, with you, decide which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs shift over time.

If you prefer online counseling, confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, save travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find that remote sessions help maintain continuity of care during life transitions and appointments can be scheduled around work, caregiving, or medical commitments.