About Jenna
Jenna Van Houten is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in Ohio with six years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, relationship challenges, grief, addiction, and stress. Jenna also supports those coping with life changes, parenting concerns, intimacy issues, ADHD, and questions about sexuality and identity.
Her style is conversational and down-to-earth. Sessions are often a blend of practical skill teaching and reflective conversation.
Background and approach
Jenna emphasizes honesty, awareness, and small, manageable steps toward change. Jenna draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused methods. She uses these tools to help clients build coping skills, manage strong emotions, and improve communication in relationships.
She often focuses on identity development, self-love, and healing from attachment or family of origin wounds. Education and collaborative problem solving are central parts of her work. Jenna aims to create room to be heard while helping people reconnect with what matters to them.
Before independent practice, much of her work involved youth, young adults, and people impacted by substance use, legal involvement, and family disruption. That background informs her practical approach to addressing trauma, life transitions, and the everyday burdens that get in the way of living fully.
People who prefer a warm, straightforward therapist who mixes empathy with practical tools may find her approach helpful. She offers multiple online session formats to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
Online approaches that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that align with their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where values and meaning matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing patterns of behavior to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, often involving simple exercises between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on improving emotional connection and communication, which can help with relationship and intimacy-related issues.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jenna works with each person to see which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try techniques, notice what helps, and adjust the plan as needed so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and messaging or live chat lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, and busy schedules while using approaches like ACT, CBT, and EFT in ways that match each person's life.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English