About Jennifer
Jennifer Bickford is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota with 11 years of clinical experience. She offers a warm, person-centered way of working that focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Jennifer meets people where they are and uses straightforward conversation to identify practical steps forward.
Her approach blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness tools. She uses reflective questioning and collaborative planning to help people notice patterns, try new responses, and build skills for daily life.
How Jennifer works
Sessions aim to be interactive, respectful, and tailored to each person's needs. Jennifer also draws on motivational interviewing and narrative therapy when those methods fit a person's goals. These methods help clarify values, strengthen motivation, and reframe difficult stories from the past.
That variety lets her adapt to concerns such as grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue. She has worked with a wide range of struggles including parenting stress, caregiver burden, chronic illness and pain, body image, attachment-related issues, and communication or commitment problems.
Jennifer pays attention to how life changes and past experiences shape current reactions, then focuses on small, usable changes. Sessions are offered in English and available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Cost varies with location and availability and uses a subscription 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Jennifer blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practice to address everyday struggles. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around each person's priorities, which helps when someone feels stuck or unsure what they want. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and offers concrete skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve coping with strong emotions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Jennifer will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan over time. She encourages people to give feedback so sessions stay useful and realistic for life outside therapy.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick, written check-ins and can fit into busy days. These options make it easier to schedule regular work on stress, relationships, grief, or other concerns without long travel or time off work.
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