Jennifer LaPenta, LCSW

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Jennifer uses client-centered therapy to build a supportive, respectful relationship where the client's goals guide the work. This approach focuses on listening, understanding each person's experience, and helping people find their own solutions for stress, grief, or relationship concerns.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions. That method offers concrete tools for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by teaching ways to shift thinking and try different behaviors. Narrative therapy is used to examine the stories people tell about themselves and their families, helping reframe difficult experiences and reduce shame around trauma, caregiving strain, or identity issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Jennifer will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time and checks in about what is helpful so the plan evolves with progress.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth work and nonverbal cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets clients share thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity during transitions.