Jessica Allen, LCSW, C-AAIS, AAT-I

Practice Owner

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, NYS

Certified Animal-Assisted Interventions Specialist

Animal-Assisted Therapy Interventionist

EMDR Therapist (Certification Pending)

Unleashing Transformative Healing: Integrating Canine Intuition, Lived Experience, and Clinical Expertise

A professional headshot of Jessica Allen, LCSW, certified in animal-assisted therapy and EMDR. Highly trained in IFS and somatic interventions. Located in New York (NY).
A professional headshot of Jessica Allen, LCSW, certified in animal-assisted therapy and EMDR. Highly trained in IFS and somatic interventions. Located in New York (NY).

Over the past decade, Jessica has cultivated a career focused on providing trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming care and individualizing treatment for children, teens, and adults.

Jessica specializes in treating behavioral problems, emotional dysregulation, and executive dysfunction related to ADHD, autism, and sensory processing disorders. In addition, she works with complex trauma (C-PTSD), concentrating on the impact of medical trauma due to chronic illnesses that often leads to secondary depression and anxiety.

In addition to her certification in animal-assisted therapy, Jessica is highly trained in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), somatically informed interventions, and IFS-informed parts work.

In her free time Jessica enjoys training her dogs, competing in dog sports, reading, and spending time with her husband, family, and friends.

Empathy from Experience

A professional headshot of Jessica Allen-LCSW, certified in animal-assisted therapy and EMDR, and highly trained in IFS and somatic interventions. Located in New York (NY) both in person and via telehealth.
A professional headshot of Jessica Allen-LCSW, certified in animal-assisted therapy and EMDR, and highly trained in IFS and somatic interventions. Located in New York (NY) both in person and via telehealth.

Jessica is proudly neurospicy, diagnosed with inattentive ADHD at the age of 30, a common issue for women with executive dysfunction. In addition, Jessica is a fellow chronic illness spoonie, having been diagnosed young with dysautonomia, fibromyalgia, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), PCOS/PMOS, and migraines. It took Jessica years of diagnostic testing, relentless self-advocacy, and multiple trips out of state to Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic for second opinions and treatment to regain quality of life. Something that is unfortunately a frequent reality for people with chronic illness as they endure years of unknowns and debilitating symptoms.

Paying it Forward

A picture of Jessica Allen in 2017 during a hospital stay that would change her life. She is flexing her right arm in a show of strength.
A picture of Jessica Allen in 2017 during a hospital stay that would change her life. She is flexing her right arm in a show of strength.

Unfortunately, Jessica experienced the horrors of medical gaslighting and misdiagnosis on her journey to regain her quality of life. Because of these experiences, Jessica understands the emotional and physical damage invalidation can have on someone’s mental and emotional well-being, because she has lived it.

Jessica is forever grateful to the mental health therapists she worked with that helped her cope during some of the most challenging years of her life. So inspired by their compassion and dedication, Jessica chose to become a therapist herself.