About Jennifer
Jennifer Quirina is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. She practices as an LCSW licensed in Illinois and California and focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports those facing self-esteem or career challenges and people coping with major life changes or LGBTQ concerns.
Her work often centers on practical tools people can use right away. She draws from solution-focused methods to set clear, short-term goals.
How Jennifer works
She uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits. She also incorporates skills from dialectical behavioral approaches to help people manage intense emotions. Jennifer has a particular interest in issues related to adoption and foster care, attachment questions, and fertility concerns.
She also works with people affected by abandonment and with those on the autism spectrum. Her experience includes supporting people during the perinatal period and new parenting transitions. Sessions aim to create a trusting space where a person can speak openly and feel heard.
Jennifer emphasizes validation and collaborative planning so that clients leave with concrete steps. She matches strategies to each person’s daily life and goals. Her style is practical and down-to-earth.
She helps people break problems into manageable parts and tries to make progress feel achievable. Sessions can include short-term problem solving or longer work on patterns that keep getting in the way.
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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Fertility issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Jennifer commonly uses solution-focused methods, which concentrate on small, measurable goals and quick steps people can try between sessions. This approach is useful for managing immediate stressors and making steady progress.She also uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with more constructive ones. These techniques are often practical homework tasks that translate well to online work. Dialectical behavioral skills are used to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness through concrete exercises and practice.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they adjust the plan if something is not working or if priorities change over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be lower bandwidth, chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging helps with short updates or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, parenting, or other commitments while still getting regular therapeutic support.
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