Jean Truesdale

Jean Truesdale, LCSW, is a clinician licensed in North Carolina who works with individuals facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma. Over five years of practice, she has focused on helping clients address relationship dynamics, self-esteem concerns, and the emotional impacts of abuse and post-traumatic stress. Her work incorporates a range of therapeutic tools to fit each person's needs.

Her scope includes additional focus areas like attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, control struggles, and coping with divorce or domestic violence. Jean also addresses themes of guilt, shame, forgiveness, impulsivity, jealousy, and life purpose, and supports efforts around smoking and vaping cessation. She draws on structured methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy alongside client-centered and solution-focused practices.

Jean employs mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing to engage clients in practical steps toward change while honoring individual stories. She aims to provide a supportive environment where people can explore self-love, build new patterns of connection, and move through difficult emotions at a pace that suits them.