About Jennifer
Jennifer Ladd is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee with 13 years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and grief, parenting stress, addiction, mood challenges such as bipolar, and struggles with self-esteem and sleep. Her style is warm and conversational.
Sessions tend to feel interactive and practical. She listens for the feelings and patterns behind symptoms and asks straightforward questions to uncover what matters to each person.
How Jennifer works
Jennifer blends several evidence-informed approaches to meet individual needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and habits. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy strategies to clarify values and build committed action.
Attachment-based ideas guide work on longtime relational patterns. She has provided both individual and group counseling over her career. Her work often includes trauma-related concerns and she has experience addressing PTSD and complex grief.
Jennifer aims to help clients notice strengths while addressing symptoms and practical problems. Sessions focus on concrete skills, clearer communication, and steps that fit daily life. Jennifer seeks to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can talk through hard experiences and try new ways of coping and relating.
Jennifer lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic 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.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying values and taking committed steps toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches practical strategies to challenge unhelpful thinking and establish different routines for sleep, mood, and coping with stress.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and then suggest which strategies to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth sessions and interactive exercises. Phone sessions are often easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between longer meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping continuity of care.
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