Connie Jenks , LPC

Connie Jenks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia who helps people navigate trauma, grief, mood disorders, and challenges with motivation. She draws on nearly two decades of experience to help clients who are struggling with depression, bipolar symptoms, addiction, anger, and self-esteem concerns. Connie also supports people dealing with career transitions, compassion fatigue, and issues specific to women's experiences.

Her style is direct and compassionate. She aims to make sessions feel like a straightforward conversation where emotions and thoughts can be named and examined. Clients can expect practical skills and step-by-step methods rather than long, abstract talks. The focus is on what can change now and next.

Connie uses approaches that encourage self-direction and clear problem solving. She often uses client-centered methods to help people set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers ways to spot unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors that keep problems going.

For trauma and severe stress, she applies trauma-focused strategies to help reduce the hold of painful memories and reactions. Motivational Interviewing is used when motivation feels low or change seems overwhelming, helping people find their own reasons to move forward.

Connie works with a wide range of related concerns such as communication problems, guilt and shame, personality and mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, self-harm behaviors, trichotillomania, and seasonal affective disorder. She also has experience assisting clients who are visually impaired. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Connie commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, listening space where clients set the pace and priorities of work together. This approach helps when someone needs validation, clearer self-direction, or help naming their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is another frequent tool she uses to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes; CBT is useful for depression, anxiety, and changing patterns that feed mood problems.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Connie will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. She adjusts plans as progress is made and invites feedback about what feels most helpful.

Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is helpful for richer face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the work practical and focused.