Jessica Powell is a clinical psychologist licensed as a Psychological Associate and Licensed Professional Counselor and certified as a Health Service Provider. She received her Masters of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2001. Since this time Jessica has been working with children, adolescents and adults in a variety of treatment milieus including outpatient, inpatient and correctional settings. While she relies primarily on cognitive behavioral treatment, which emphasizes the identification and modification of maladaptive thoughts, feelings and behaviors, Jessica shifts to other modalities when indicated.From 2001 to 2006, Jessica worked in Jacksonville NC at Carolina Psychological Health Services which serves civilian and military individuals and families including active duty service members and their dependents. She also worked in the Assessment Department and served as an Associate Forensic Evaluator on cases of alleged abuse.
Since entering private practice and joining Inner Solutions, Jessica has continued to focus on treating children with disruptive behavior disorders, anxiety disorders and adjustment disorders. In her work with children she takes a family oriented approach in which parents are expected to play a large role in helping their children. In addition to providing clinical direction and emotional support, Jessica often incorporates structured, evidence-based treatments to help children reduce anxiety, depression and behavioral problems. Jessica also treats adolescents and adults with anxiety depressive disorders, ADHD, eating disorders and works with clients experiencing periods of adjustment which often involve coping with military deployment.
Jessica is currently in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Medicaid (Carolina Access/Straight Medicaid/NC Health Choices) and Tricare/MHN serving Military Families. Clients who do not have one of these insurance plans can rely on Jessica to verify their plans for out-of-network mental health benefits.
Jessica's primary goal in therapy is to facilitate the learning of new information that will lead to new ways of thinking, behaving and ultimately emotional healing for a more peaceful and productive life.
The following websites may be of interest to you and will be updated frequently.
www.exceptionaleducators.com
www.parentmagic.com
You may contact Jessica Powell at jessica@innersolutionscounseling.com .