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Episode 37: Jessica Northrop

31m · Stick Around - A Suicide Discussion · 17 Feb 08:00

Jessica Northrop is a licensed therapist and group therapy practice owner. She has been in the helping profession for over 20 years. She is a graduate of  Georgia Tech and now specializes in helping people resolve severe  emotional disturbances and to cease harmful and addictive behaviors. She  utilizes an evidenced-based therapy called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, which has been proven to help clients significantly reduce  harmful behaviors. She also treats people who are survivors of trauma  with an evidenced-based approach. She also received a certification as a  Daring Way Facilitator in 2019 and is able to help people with shame resilience practices based on the research of Brené Brown. Her practice is called The Northrop Connection, and you can follow her on Facebook at facebook.com/northropcounseling or join her free Facebook group called Soothing the Mind (https://www.facebook.com/groups/soothingthemind). Her website is www.thenorthropconnection.com.  She started a new group therapy subscription package in January 2021 which will allow an in depth group approach for people who are in need of connection. She is accepting new clients for group therapy.

Jessica recommended a couple of books during our interview:

  • "Building a Life Worth Living" by Marsha Linehan: amazon.com/buildingalifeworthliving
  • "Daring Greatly" by Brené Brown: amazon.com/daringgreatly


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