Jessica Gum , LISW-CP

Jessica Gum is a licensed social worker practicing in South Carolina with eight years of clinical experience supporting adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and related concerns. She holds the LISW-CP credential - Licensed Independent Social Worker with Clinical Practice - which reflects advanced training and authorization to provide clinical social work services in her state.

Her work focuses on helping people manage symptoms of anxiety and depression, process trauma and abuse, and navigate grief and loss. Jessica also provides care for LGBTQ+ clients and addresses a wide range of related challenges, including abandonment, chronic pain or illness, communication difficulties, control issues, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, self-love and sexuality concerns, social anxiety, and women's issues.

Jessica approaches each person as the expert of their own story and builds on existing strengths to address what feels most challenging. She aims to create a supportive environment where clients can explore their experiences, develop practical tools, and work toward meaningful change. Taking the first step to seek help can require courage, and Jessica recognizes and affirms that effort as an important beginning to healing and growth.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Flexible Online Care

Jessica uses evidence-based, skill-focused approaches to help clients manage symptoms and build coping strategies. One common path is cognitive and behavioral skill-building, which helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical tools to reduce anxiety, panic, and depression. Another emphasis is trauma-informed care, which offers paced strategies for processing past harm and reducing the ways traumatic experiences affect daily life. A grief-informed approach supports people working through loss by combining emotional processing with coping skills tailored to mourning and adjustment.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself, and Jessica collaborates with each person to determine which techniques best match their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions so interventions feel relevant and manageable.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, or through live chat and text-based messaging - allowing people to access licensed professionals from wherever they are. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain continuity of care, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable.