About Jennifer
Jennifer Altheimer helps people dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, anxiety, grief and trauma. She is an ACA counsellor and a PACFA practitioner with 18 years of experience. Jennifer aims to create a warm, respectful space where people can talk openly and begin to heal.
Jennifer focuses on rebuilding how people relate to themselves and others. She listens for strengths and uses practical tools to help people notice what already works.
How Jennifer works
Sessions are shaped to each person so they can try new ways of communicating and coping. Her work often includes concerns such as attachment and abandonment, blended family issues, communication problems and intimacy-related difficulties. She also works with self-esteem, body image, eating and food-related issues, and caregiver stress.
Jennifer offers support for grief, trauma, anger and compassion fatigue. Jennifer blends client-centred listening with mindfulness skills and solution-focused strategies. She also uses Internal Family Systems ideas to help people understand inner parts that influence feelings and actions.
This mix helps people set small, achievable goals and build steadier emotional habits. Practical coaching and clear steps are part of sessions for those wanting change in career or relationships. People who are navigating separation, divorce or family of origin issues can work on boundaries and clearer communication.
Jennifer aims to help each person leave sessions with something useful to try. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. The focus is on making therapeutic work fit into everyday life while supporting real change over time.
Jennifer lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Jennifer works with
The areas below are the ones Jennifer selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | ACA, PACFA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. The therapist prioritises empathy and respect to help people feel heard and explore what matters to them, which suits conversations about relationships or self-worth.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress. These techniques can help with anxiety, grief and coping with life changes by creating small, repeatable skills to use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be decided together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels helpful, then adapt methods as progress is made. This collaborative process makes sure the approach fits the person rather than forcing a single method.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexible ways to connect. Video is useful for deeper conversations and non-verbal cues, phone calls suit people with lower bandwidth or who prefer not to be on camera, and live chat or messaging works well for brief check-ins or when someone wants to reflect in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on practical change.
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