About Jenifer
Jenifer Pittman is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship or family concerns. She works with issues like parenting strain, grief, body image, and self-esteem. Her approach aims to help people feel more steady and hopeful about daily life.
With 19 years of experience, she blends practical tools and steady support. Sessions focus on identifying strengths and learning skills to handle emotions and cravings.
Background and approach
Jenifer uses everyday language and concrete steps so people can use what they learn between visits. She often combines methods such as cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and attachment-based ideas. That mix helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, build healthier patterns, and improve close relationships.
Treatment is shaped to each person’s goals rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Jenifer has worked in multiple settings and with a wide range of concerns from trauma and abuse to eating and intimacy-related issues. She pays attention to family of origin problems, codependency, and commitment or communication struggles.
The work often includes building coping skills and clearer ways to set boundaries. Clients can expect practical skill-building, a calm supportive tone, and a focus on small changes that add up. Jenifer holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) credentials and practices in Missouri.
She communicates in plain English and aims to make therapy understandable and usable.
Online Approaches that Match Real-Life Needs
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take action toward values-based goals. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and struggles with motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and problem behaviors by offering step-by-step tools.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jenifer will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your situation. Therapy is collaborative - she will check in and adjust tools based on what is helpful and what feels realistic for your life.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving several ways to connect. Video lets you use visual cues and longer conversation, while phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, tracking progress, or getting reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity of care with licensed professionals.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Illinois
- Languages
- English