Jess Auch , LMSW

Jess Auch is a licensed social worker in Michigan with nine years of clinical experience helping people navigate relationship challenges, grief and loss, parenting concerns, and shifts in self-esteem and motivation. She holds an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker, reflecting graduate-level training and professional licensure in social work.

Jess focuses on practical support and compassionate listening, helping clients develop better communication, process bereavement, and build confidence as they face life transitions. She tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person’s situation, addressing issues like parenting stress, forgiveness, and finding a sense of purpose with sensitivity and respect.

Her style emphasizes collaboration - working with clients to identify goals, explore coping strategies, and strengthen skills for daily life. Jess understands that starting therapy takes courage and affirms each step toward seeking support, shaping care around the unique needs and preferences of the individual.

Services are offered in English and draw on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address relationship dynamics, grief, parenting, and self-esteem concerns in a thoughtful, client-centered way.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Flexible Online Care

Jess uses evidence-based, skills-oriented strategies to address relationship challenges, helping people improve communication, set boundaries, and repair interpersonal patterns that cause stress or disconnection. These approaches focus on practical skills clients can apply in day-to-day interactions and are well suited to couples or individuals working on communication problems.

For grief and loss, Jess applies grief-informed coping techniques that support processing emotions, honoring what was lost, and gradually rebuilding routines and meaning. These methods help people navigate sadness, remember what matters, and find ways to move forward at their own pace.

She also offers parenting-focused support that emphasizes consistent routines, effective communication with children, and building parental confidence. These interventions help caregivers address specific parenting concerns while strengthening family relationships.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jess works with clients to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as needs evolve and involving licensed professionals and therapists when appropriate.

Online therapy provides practical flexibility - sessions can occur via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to fit care into busy lives, access support from different locations, and maintain continuity of treatment despite changing schedules.