About Jennifer
Jennifer Kirkpatrick is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Ohio. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports those coping with parenting stress, grief, sleep and eating issues, anger, career changes, and attention-related challenges.
Jennifer holds LPC and LPCC credentials and has seven years of clinical experience. Her approach centers on building a trusting, nonjudgmental space where clients feel heard and understood.
How Jennifer works
She listens for strengths and practical steps to move forward. Sessions focus on real-life skills that can be used between appointments. Jennifer draws on client-centered techniques alongside cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She also uses mindfulness strategies and motivational interviewing to increase insight and sustain change. The Gottman Method informs her work with relationship concerns when relevant. Therapy is tailored to each person’s goals.
Jennifer collaborates with people to set achievable steps, check progress, and adjust the plan as needed. Sessions balance problem-solving, skill practice, and exploring personal values. Her background includes a master’s degree in clinical mental health and seven years of experience providing counseling across a wide range of concerns.
Jennifer aims to help people rebuild confidence, manage symptoms, and find clearer direction in daily life.
Jennifer lists 8 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping people tap their own strengths. It emphasizes empathy and collaboration to set goals and make choices that fit each person’s life.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thinking, reduce anxiety or depression, and build new habits that improve daily functioning.
The Gottman Method offers structured ways to improve communication and resolve conflict in relationships. It can help partners learn skills for managing disagreements and rebuilding connection.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and the nature of the concerns, then recommend a mix of methods. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is working for the person.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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