About Jennifer
Jennifer Fishman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 17 years of experience. She practices from Oregon and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Jennifer offers straightforward, practical support for problems that feel overwhelming right now.
She began her career as an adult educator and uses that background to teach skills in sessions. That experience shaped her approach of helping people discover their own strengths and next steps.
How Jennifer works
Sessions are built to help people notice what works for them and practice new ways of coping. Jennifer draws on several approaches, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally-focused methods, and existential ideas. She explains techniques in plain language and helps clients try them between sessions.
The goal is to help people build tools they can use on their own. Her style is flexible and direct. She meets each person where they are and adjusts methods to fit their goals.
Conversations focus on useful skills, clearer choices, and small steps that add up. People who want practical coaching around career choices, relationship patterns, parenting pressures, addiction concerns, grief, or mood swings may find her helpful. Jennifer aims to leave each session with a clearer plan and at least one thing a person can try before the next appointment.
Jennifer lists 9 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oregon |
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Online support options
Therapy approaches and how they work online
Client-centered work focuses on the relationship and on listening closely to what matters to the person. It helps people feel understood and supports them in finding their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication for people who feel intense emotions.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and make small adjustments along the way so therapy fits the person’s life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simple check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter exchanges, quick skill coaching, or ongoing check-ins between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.
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