About Jennifer
Jennifer Stephens uses straightforward, person-focused therapy to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, with 22 years of experience and a calm, practical approach. Parents reading on a phone will find short, clear explanations and a focus on steps that can be taken now.
Jennifer helps people who are coping with addiction, grief, low self-esteem, and anger. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, bipolar mood challenges, and intimacy-related difficulties.
How Jennifer works
Conversations aim to identify patterns, set goals, and build day-to-day skills that reduce distress. Her work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered practices. That means sessions often include noticing thoughts and feelings, testing small behavior changes, and following each person’s values when choosing next steps.
Mindfulness and narrative techniques are used when they fit a person’s goals. Sessions explore family of origin issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and commitment problems, and complications from drug and alcohol addiction. She also addresses issues connected to gender dysphoria, LGBT concerns, cancer, and co-morbid health conditions in a nonjudgmental way.
Jennifer offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. She works from Alabama and provides services in English. Getting started is a simple online process that leads to scheduling a first appointment.
Jennifer lists 6 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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match what matters most. It can help with anxiety, avoidance, and finding direction during big life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like low mood, panic, or anger. Client-Centered Therapy centers each session on the person's experience, listening without judgment and following their lead to build confidence and self-understanding.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences during early sessions, and together they will try strategies that fit the person’s needs. Adjustments are normal as understanding grows and priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different days and tasks. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text fits quick check-ins or people who prefer writing, and messaging allows ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, or travel without losing regular contact with a licensed professional.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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