The Story Behind Thistle and Thrive Wellness Counseling

Thistle and Thrive Wellness Counseling, LLC was founded in 2025 by Jessica Hamilton, a dedicated counselor with a passion for helping others improve their lives emotionally, socially, and professionally. Jessica’s mission is to provide quality, client-centered, telehealth counseling and coaching services so her clients may live better through their own strength, resilience, and determination.

Our company is name after the thistle plant because it represents strength, resiliency, determination. These characteristics guide our company’s three values of how serve our clients:

Strength: we respect our clients self-awareness to ask for help.

Resiliency: we celebrate our clients ability to bounce back from adversity.

Determination: we recognize our clients persistence towards personal growth.

Jessica brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her practice. She has Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology, and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Florida. She has extensive experience working with families in crisis, parents, individuals struggling with depression & anxiety, grief/loss, fostering positive youth development, teaching life skills, personal and professional goal development, and career exploration. Jessica also has 15 years’ experience in leadership and management positions. Within those roles, she applied her organizational skills, ability to collaborate with others and aptitude for counseling to enhance the work performance of her team members.