Jessica Leuenberger

I work with young adults experiencing anxiety and depression to build self-acceptance, find greater purpose and passion, and create a life that feels meaningful and authentic. 

When Your Brain Feels Like It Never Slows Down

Maybe you’re constantly thinking, worrying, planning, replaying, or trying to keep track of everything you need to do. Small things can quickly become overwhelming, and when school, work, relationships, and everyday responsibilities pile up, you may find yourself shutting down, procrastinating, avoiding things, or feeling like you just can’t keep up.

I specialize in working with older teens and young adults experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, and neurodivergence, including ADHD. These challenges often overlap. An anxious brain can make it hard to focus, while a neurodivergent brain can become overwhelmed by expectations, transitions, sensory demands, relationships, and the pressure to manage everything the way everyone else seems to.

Young adulthood can make all of this even harder. College, careers, relationships, independence, changing family roles, and decisions about the future can bring a lot of uncertainty—and a lot of pressure to have everything figured out.

I make therapy a place where you can slow things down and make sense of what’s happening. Together, we’ll identify what contributes to your anxiety and overwhelm, develop practical ways to manage it, and find strategies that work with the way your brain actually functions rather than constantly fighting against it.

Feeling More Like Yourself—and Less Overwhelmed

My approach is warm and collaborative. I’ll meet you where you are, without judgment or expectations about where you “should” be by now.

Anxiety and overwhelm can take a toll on the way you see yourself. After repeatedly struggling with things that seem easier for other people, it’s common to start believing that you’re lazy, unmotivated, too sensitive, not trying hard enough, or somehow falling behind. I help clients challenge those messages and develop a better understanding of themselves—with both greater self-acceptance and concrete skills for making life feel more manageable. Therapy isn’t about changing who you are. It’s about helping you understand yourself well enough to build a life that works better for you.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked as a paraprofessional in a middle school. That experience taught me the importance of looking beyond what someone is doing and becoming curious about what might be happening underneath. It continues to shape the way I work with teens and young adults today.

I earned my bachelor’s degree in Communications and my Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Oakland University.