About Jennifer
Jennifer Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, and addictions. Jennifer speaks English and Spanish and offers online sessions by video, phone, chat, or text.
She aims to create a calm, straightforward space where clients can say what they feel and be heard without judgment. Jennifer uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
How Jennifer works
She adds Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear goals and find small changes that make a difference. Trauma-Focused Therapy guides work on painful memories and reactions when trauma is part of the story. Her practice covers a broad range of concerns, including grief, sleep problems, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.
She also addresses relationship and family-related issues such as communication problems, commitment concerns, and blended family dynamics. Additional focuses include abandonment, attachment issues, dissociation, and the impacts of cancer and other co-morbid conditions. Sessions are tailored to what each person needs.
Jennifer helps clients set achievable steps and checks progress along the way. She accepts international clients and works with people who prefer English or Spanish. To begin, a simple matching process connects people to her practice and schedules a session.
Costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Jennifer's Approaches Work Online
Jennifer uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change small daily behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and coping with life changes. Solution-Focused Therapy is goal-driven and looks for manageable steps that produce quick improvement; it can help with stress, communication problems, and career concerns. Trauma-Focused Therapy is used when past traumatic events affect current feelings and reactions, guiding gentle processing and coping skill development.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jennifer will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide what to try first and adjust the plan based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, caregiving, and travel.
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