Dr. Jessica Arneson (she/her/hers)

DBT is a gold-standard approach for building a life worth living. It’s designed for those who feel emotions deeply and want practical, "battle-tested" skills to manage them. We focus on four pillars: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. For overthinkers and high-achievers, DBT provides a concrete roadmap to stop the cycle of emotional overwhelm and self-criticism, replacing it with resilient, effective action.

Whether your are healing past relationship wounds, or figuring out how to make your current relationship work, I am here to help you through this process. Through values work and self-compassion we will help you build a steady sense of self. Emotional processing and trauma work help you heal the wounds caused by others. These strategies help form the foundation of what you need to move forward.

Relationship wounds—whether from a high-conflict partnership, a painful divorce, or a cycle of "people-pleasing"—can leave you questioning your worth. I specialize in helping you navigate the raw aftermath of breakups and the complexities of modern dating. We’ll work to identify your attachment patterns and heal the parts carrying old rejection. My goal is to help you rebuild a grounded identity so you can communicate your needs and create healthy, secure connections without losing yourself.

Where you look affects how you feel." Brainspotting is a neurobiological modality that goes beyond talk therapy. While "top-down" therapy focuses on the thinking brain, this "bottom-up" approach bypasses analytical chatter to access the subcortical brain—where survival instincts and deep emotional memories live. For high-achievers and HSPs, it’s a precision tool to clear performance blocks, overthinking, and trauma without needing to retell every painful detail. We process pain at its source.

Ever feel like you’re at war with yourself? One part of you is a driven "Taskmaster" pushing for success, while another is an "Inner Critic" berating you at 2 AM. In IFS, we view these not as flaws, but as protective parts of your internal family. We work to unblend from these extreme roles so your calm, "Core Self" can lead. We don't eliminate parts; we help them relax so you can live with clarity, confidence, and internal harmony.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidence-based approach that views the mind as a "system" of parts. For high-achievers, this often looks like a "Perfectionist" part protecting a younger "Exile" carrying old relationship wounds. Instead of fighting your Inner Critic, we use the "8 Cs"—Calm, Curiosity, Compassion, and more—to lead from your Core Self. When your parts feel seen, they drop their heavy burdens, allowing you to stop reacting to trauma and lead with authentic clarity.

Burnout is more than just being tired; it’s a state of physical and emotional depletion that logic alone can't fix. For high-achievers, it often feels like losing your "spark" or operating on autopilot. Using a neurobiological lens, we move beyond "self-care" clichés. We address the systemic and internal pressures keeping you in survival mode, helping you recalibrate your nervous system, set radical boundaries, and rediscover a sense of purpose without the crushing weight of "doing it all."

Burnout is more than just being tired; it’s a state of physical and emotional depletion that logic alone can't fix. For high-achievers, it often feels like losing your "spark" or operating on autopilot. Using a neurobiological lens, we move beyond "self-care" clichés. We address the systemic and internal pressures keeping you in survival mode, helping you recalibrate your nervous system, set radical boundaries, and rediscover a sense of purpose without the crushing weight of "doing it all."

Anxiety often feels like an internal alarm that won’t shut off, leaving you trapped in a cycle of "what-ifs" and physical tension. For high-achievers, it manifests as perfectionism and a relentless need for control. We’ll use Brainspotting and DBT to move beyond managing symptoms to calming your nervous system at the root. We aim to transform that frantic energy into grounded clarity, helping you stay present and effective without the constant weight of overthinking or dread.

Burnout is more than just being tired; it’s a state of physical and emotional depletion that logic alone can't fix. For high-achievers, it often feels like losing your "spark" or operating on autopilot. Using a neurobiological lens, we move beyond "self-care" clichés. We address the systemic and internal pressures keeping you in survival mode, helping you recalibrate your nervous system, set radical boundaries, and rediscover a sense of purpose without the crushing weight of "doing it all."