She received her doctorate from William James College and went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship in trauma and dissociative disorders at the Hill Center for Women at McLean Hospital. Jess has experience helping a wide variety of clients with complicated and diverse backgrounds. She has honed specific skills in supporting and working with individuals who struggle with depression, anxiety, interpersonal relationship difficulties, difficulty regulating emotions or managing distress, engaging in problematic or distressing behaviors, and general life transitions and stressors."