Jamie OConnor, LCSW

Jamie OConnor is a licensed clinical social worker in Wisconsin with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and everyday habits like thoughts that shape mood and behavior. Her approach aims to make change feel realistic and doable for busy lives.

She centers sessions on respectful, compassionate conversation. Jamie tailors the pace and topics to each person’s needs and goals. That might mean working on clearer communication, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, or building small daily routines that improve sleep and mood.

Jamie draws on several ways of working, including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, and a client-centered stance. She also uses psychodynamic perspectives to notice patterns that repeat across relationships and life choices. These approaches are used to address concerns such as grief, addiction, body image, and family of origin issues.

Clients often bring complex life changes like divorce, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, or questions around intimacy and commitment. Jamie helps people untangle those situations step by step and develop practical coping strategies. She emphasizes strengths and real-world changes over jargon.

If someone is unsure where to begin, Jamie helps map out clear next steps. That may include short-term goals, skill practice between sessions, and re-evaluating plans as progress happens. The work is collaborative and grounded in everyday needs.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and decisions tied to relationships or parenting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying and changing thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going, and it often includes practical exercises to try between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the person sets the pace and topics.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to see which methods fit their goals and preferences. That can mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting as progress is made.

Session format options are not listed here, so confirm current choices before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, or allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people practice skills in their normal routines and bring real-life situations into session conversation for immediate problem solving.