Jennifer McFarlin , LMFT

Jennifer McFarlin is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She also supports those coping with eating and body image concerns, parenting strain, intimacy issues, and life transitions. Her approach is collaborative and grounded in practical steps that people can use between sessions.

Jennifer practices with a focus on attachment and relationships. She helps clients look at patterns that began in their family of origin and how those patterns show up now. That often includes looking at commitment, communication, codependency, and blended family dynamics.

Her background includes work in higher-acuity settings and eating disorder treatment. Early in her career she completed internship hours at a mental health hospital and later served as a primary therapist at an eating disorder center, doing individual, group, and family work with co-occurring depression, anxiety, and OCD.

For the past several years Jennifer has run a private practice focused on relationship issues and attachment styles. She uses approaches like attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral strategies, emotionally-focused techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help people make changes that feel sustainable.

Sessions tend to blend skills-building with deeper work on the beliefs that drive behavior. Jennifer aims to help people become more securely attached, reduce symptoms, and improve day-to-day functioning. She frames therapy as a team effort toward clearer goals and measurable change.

How attachment work and practical therapies translate online

Attachment-based work helps identify how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can guide people to notice attachment triggers, improve communication, and practice new interaction habits that feel safer in close relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors. In teletherapy, CBT often includes short exercises between sessions, thought records, and behavioral experiments that clients can try in daily life and then review together.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and shift emotional responses that keep them stuck in painful cycles. Through video or phone work, a therapist can help clients track emotions in the moment, try new ways of responding, and rehearse conversations that matter.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. That partnership means plans can change as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face interaction, phone sessions when video is not feasible, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, use lower-bandwidth formats when needed, or check in quickly between appointments.