Dr. Jessica Curd, LCSW

Dr. Jessica Curd is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Indiana who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and major life changes. She also supports people managing ADHD, Autism, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, and work or career pressures. Her approach is practical and person-focused, aiming to help clients feel steadier and more able to handle day-to-day demands.

She brings 19 years of experience to sessions and frames therapy as a collaborative process. Jessica listens first, then works with each person to set clear, doable goals. She uses straightforward techniques to build coping skills, improve communication, and reduce emotional overload.

Her clinical work draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused approaches. She adapts tools to each person’s needs, balancing short-term problem solving with deeper insight work when helpful.

Jessica has an interest in aging and geriatric issues and in caregiver stress, which informs how she supports people facing life transitions or increased care responsibilities. She also addresses chronic illness, pain, and grief in ways that honor practical limits on time and energy.

Outside of work she enjoys being outdoors, running, hiking, camping, and creative writing. She aims to make therapy feel like a steady, supportive partnership focused on small changes that add up over time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person without judgment. This helps people feel understood and guides sessions toward whatever matters most to them, whether that is grief, caregiver strain, or anxiety.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, depression, motivation, and day-to-day coping strategies.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating stress. These methods are useful when feelings feel overwhelming or when better emotion regulation is a goal.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to include regular practice of skills between meetings and to maintain continuity when life gets busy.