About Jennifer
Dr. Jennifer Cowen helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, grief, trauma, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, and problems with sleep or eating. She is Dr.
Jennifer Cowen, a California psychologist with 23 years of clinical practice. Her opening explanations are plain and direct so readers can quickly see if she might be a fit. Her style is collaborative and practical.
Sessions focus on short-term tools and longer-term understanding.
How Jennifer works
She blends evidence-based techniques with attention to each person's history and values. That makes therapy both hands-on and thoughtful. Her training includes doctoral study at UCLA and postdoctoral work in early childhood.
She uses common, research-backed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based methods. She also draws on Client-Centered and Emotionally-Focused ideas when they help the work. Dr.
Cowen has wide experience with neurodivergent presentations including ADHD and autism spectrum differences, and with concerns like abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image. She helps people sort out communication problems, commitment worries, and co-occurring issues that complicate everyday life. Therapy sessions are available in English and held from California.
Options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Practical steps to begin are provided so people can move from reading to scheduling at their own pace.
Jennifer lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | CA Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapy methods work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and then commit to actions that match their values. It can be helpful for anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep issues, and anger by teaching practical skills to test and shift thoughts and routines. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current ways of relating and feeling; it can be useful for intimacy struggles, abandonment concerns, and repair of communication patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try interventions, see what helps, and adjust the plan over time so the work fits real life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a quieter check-in is needed. Messaging and chat are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when scheduling a real-time session is difficult. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and busy days while keeping the focus on progress and practical change.
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