Jessica Mangan , LPC

Jessica Mangan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with two decades of clinical experience. She earned a Master of Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University in 2005 and has worked across crisis units, community mental health centers, and correctional facilities. Her background includes leadership roles and staff training in addition to direct clinical practice, giving her a broad perspective on treatment systems and client needs.

Throughout her career she has focused on addictions - including sexual and substance-related concerns - as well as anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse. Jessica also supports clients navigating relationship and intimacy challenges, family and parenting issues, grief, anger, self-esteem and career transitions. Her work extends to mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, and to helping professionals manage compassion fatigue. Additional areas of emphasis include guilt and shame and exploring life purpose.

Jessica uses an open, honest therapeutic style that centers on building a collaborative relationship. She draws on evidence-based methods to help clients gain insight, develop practical strategies, and adopt tools they can use right away. Her toolkit includes solution-focused counseling, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, psycho-educational approaches, and a humanistic orientation that values the whole person and their goals.