Jennifer Stephens , LPC

Jennifer Stephens is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are navigating depression, anxiety, addiction, relationship struggles, and self-esteem issues. Jennifer brings a calm, affirming presence and aims to create a space where clients feel heard and respected.

Her work often addresses concerns tied to trauma and abuse, grief, mood disorders, and the stress of life transitions. She also supports people with intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, and challenges connected to gender identity and LGBT matters. Her practice includes addiction recovery and co-occurring concerns like drug and alcohol addiction and bipolar disorder.

Jennifer blends several practical approaches to tailor therapy to each person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take meaningful action, and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness and narrative techniques are used to build present-moment awareness and reframe personal stories.

Sessions typically focus on real-life tools. Jennifer helps people practice communication skills, set boundaries, and manage anger or control issues. She works with attachment and family-of-origin themes like abandonment, forgiveness, and codependency.

People often come for help with persistent anxiety, overwhelming stress, or the fallout of relationship problems. Jennifer aims to make therapy straightforward and useful, with steps clients can try between sessions.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when feelings are hard. It can be helpful for anxiety, depression, addiction recovery, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and practicing clearer, more helpful responses; it often helps with mood, stress, and relationship patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening stance where the therapist follows the client’s lead and supports personal growth and self-acceptance.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try approaches that match those needs. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for longer sessions with visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quicker check-in, and messaging supports brief ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while still accessing licensed professionals and consistent care.