I am a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina with over 6 years of professional clinical work experience and over 15 years of experience in the social work field. I have experience helping clients with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, & trauma, and abuse. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. I have experience in helping clients with relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, & parenting issues. I work with couples to repair trust, improve communication, and strengthen their emotional intimacy with each other—the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life is often the most challenging step. I am here to support you in that process.
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Anger management, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Depression, ADHD, Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality disorders, Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
NC LCSW C014985
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Jennifer strikes a great balance between validating your experience and encouraging to consider other options/points of view.
Written on Jun 15, 2024 after therapy with Jennifer for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
she is extremely nice and kind. She is a good listener. She also find other ways to see if she can understand what you’re going through and try to find ways to help you that other people I have met have not done.
Written on Sep 20, 2023 after therapy with Jennifer for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Jennifer makes me feel understood and listened to. A feeling I haven’t had in a long time. She’s knowledgeable and has very quickly calmed my nerves and helped me to better understand myself and why I’m feeling certain ways.
Written on Aug 23, 2023 after therapy with Jennifer for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and trauma and abuse
Jennifer is very approachable and eay to confide in. She is professional and offers insight to my cognitive issues.
Written on Apr 18, 2023 after therapy with Jennifer for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Been working with Jennifer for only a short time, but her insights are already helping me see and understand better, and I'm confident her help will put me in a mint better place.
Written on Feb 16, 2023 after therapy with Jennifer for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, and grief