About Jenna
Jenna Van Houten is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, mood disorders, grief, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the everyday stresses of life. Jenna uses a straightforward, conversational style and aims to make therapy feel practical and approachable.
She brings six years of clinical experience to sessions and often draws on a mix of therapies. Jenna listens first, then works with each person to choose tools that fit their life.
How Jenna works
Her manner blends empathy, gentle directness, and a bit of humor to keep hard conversations grounded. Jenna commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and emotionally focused ideas when managing strong emotions or relationship patterns.
The goal is to build small, usable skills that make daily life easier. Her approach emphasizes identity, authenticity, and radical acceptance. Jenna helps people sort through family of origin issues, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care topics, and communication challenges that affect relationships.
She also supports work on self-esteem, guilt and shame, sexuality, and life purpose. Sessions are collaborative and educational. Jenna encourages honesty and awareness as the first steps toward change, and she helps people reconnect to what matters to them.
If therapy needs shift, she will work to find a better fit or make a referral.
Jenna lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Jenna works with
The areas below are the ones Jenna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How Jenna’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed steps toward them while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It helps with anxiety, depression, and navigating life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, useful for mood disorders and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion-regulation and interpersonal skills to manage strong emotions and improve relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jenna will collaborate with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time and encourages open feedback so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text messaging can support quick check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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