Jessica Mangan, LPC

Jessica Mangan understands that seeking support often brings a mix of worry, hope, and uncertainty, and she approaches each person with empathy and practical focus. With a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University earned in 2005 and 20 years of clinical experience, she brings seasoned judgment to a wide range of concerns. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - in Michigan, a credential that reflects formal training and state licensure to provide counseling services.

Her career includes work in crisis units, community mental health centers, and correctional facilities, along with roles in leadership and staff training as well as direct clinical practice. Much of her work has concentrated on sexual addictions, substance use, anxiety and stress, and trauma and abuse, while she also supports people coping with relationship and intimacy issues, family and parenting challenges, grief, anger, self-esteem and career concerns, mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, compassion fatigue, and questions of guilt, shame and life purpose.

Jessica’s therapeutic style is open and honest, focused on helping clients gain insight, develop practical strategies, and begin using tools right away to create positive change. She uses evidence-based methods including solution-focused counseling, cognitive-behavioral techniques, psycho-educational methods, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and a humanistic orientation. She prioritizes a relaxed, welcoming therapeutic relationship that allows clients to be themselves and to make steady progress toward their goals.