Jessica Durham

I work with neurodivergent women, especially moms, who have trouble turning off their brain and connecting to their feelings. Many of my clients are people pleasing, perfectionistic, and struggle with their relationships with others. As someone with 10 years experience studying and practicing in the mental health space, I can tell you that having a sense of belonging and connectedness is the single greatest predictor of mental wellbeing.

Genuine belonging and connection to self or others may be difficult because you're carrying guilt, shame, self-blame, or the pressure to hold everything together. You may look “fine” from the outside while privately feeling overstimulated, burned out, or feeling a lack of purpose or direction.

Therapy can be a place to stop performing, slow down, and connect to yourself, so you can show up in connection and belonging with others in a genuine way.

My approach is grounded, compassionate, and trauma-informed. I genuinely love my job. I laugh with my clients, I cry with them. I help clients understand their perfectionism, people-pleasing, overthinking, self-criticism, disconnection, emptiness and/or emotional outbursts so they can break out of those patterns.

Together, we’ll explore how your nervous system, lived experiences, relationships, and identity shape the way you move through the world. For neurodivergent clients, this may also include making sense of masking, sensory overwhelm, burnout, executive functioning challenges, emotional regulation, and the exhaustion of trying to fit into systems that were not built with your brain in mind. We will improve self-trust, find ways to come back into your body, and find peace and clarity in the midst of life's chaos.

Clients usually report feeling better after just 1 or 2 sessions. You can expect me to show up as steady, honest, and engaged. I will create space for you to feel seen but will challenge you when you need it.

Our work may include deep emotional reflection, nervous system awareness, self-compassion, making values-based decisions, and learning somatic therapy techniques to help you get out of your head and into your body.

My goal is for you to leave therapy with more clarity, more confidence, and a stronger connection to yourself, so prioritizing your needs can feel less selfish and more necessary.