About Jennifer
Jennifer Vandigo is a licensed clinical social worker with an LCSW credential based in Illinois. She brings eight years of clinical experience to her work and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and trauma. Jennifer aims to help people notice their strengths and make practical changes that improve daily life.
She favors clear, direct conversations and builds sessions around what matters most to each person. Jennifer uses client-centered techniques to listen carefully and create a supportive space.
How Jennifer works
She also integrates cognitive behavioral ideas to spot patterns that fuel worry and to try new behaviors that feel more useful. Her background includes work in residential treatment settings and community programs, where she provided individual and group counseling. Those roles shaped a hands-on style that balances practical problem solving with emotional support.
Jennifer also trained in mindfulness and existential approaches, which she weaves into moments that call for reflection or present-moment coping. People come to her for things like parenting stress, grief, eating concerns, addictions, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She pays attention to family of origin issues, abandonment and attachment questions, and communication problems that affect daily relationships.
Sessions aim to be collaborative, grounded, and focused on small steps that add up. Jennifer values the connection between therapist and person above all. She works to create a calm, respectful atmosphere where people can speak honestly.
Her goal is to help people move toward a more peaceful and authentic life.
Jennifer lists 7 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Jennifer often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience so they feel heard and understood. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, accepting space to talk through concerns and to name what matters most.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT offers practical steps and experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods together and adjust as needed. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face to face from different places, phone sessions can be used when video is difficult, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging works well for ongoing check-ins or brief reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to choose a format that suits how someone prefers to communicate.
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