Jennifer Forbes , LPC

Jennifer Forbes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with seven years of clinical experience. She frames therapy around each person’s strengths and respects that clients know their own story best. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people make practical changes in their daily lives.

She helps people manage stress, anxiety, and mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar disorder. She also works with concerns around eating and body image, addictions, and obsessive or compulsive behaviors. Women’s issues are a noted focus area in her practice.

Jennifer uses a mix of therapeutic tools to match the needs of each person. She draws on client-centered work to build trust and DBT and CBT skills to teach coping strategies for intense emotions. Solution-focused techniques help set clear, short-term goals when that feels useful.

Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Jennifer guides practical steps clients can try between sessions, like small behavior experiments or organized emotion-regulation practices. She pays attention to life changes - career shifts, parenting strain, grief, and experiences of prejudice - and how those affect daily functioning.

People who benefit most are those ready to work on specific patterns and practice new skills outside of sessions. Jennifer aims to empower clients, help them build resilience, and support clearer decision making as they move toward their goals.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead to build trust and clarify goals; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to make sense of feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depressive symptoms, and unhelpful habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with mood instability and self-harm urges.

Choosing an approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Then she will tailor a mix of methods and check in regularly to adjust the plan based on what is working for the client.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations and shared worksheets, phone calls are a lower-bandwidth option, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different ways of connecting as needs change.