About Jennifer
Jennifer Drager is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Pennsylvania who helps people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, trauma, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. She works with individuals dealing with adoption and foster care issues, codependency, substance use concerns, and other family problems.
Her voice is calm and practical, and she aims to make the first step feel manageable. Jennifer keeps sessions focused on the person in front of her.
Background and approach
She uses a client-centered approach so conversations follow what matters most to each person. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to name patterns and try small, useful changes. Narrative and solution-focused methods are used to find strengths and next steps.
Her background includes experience in the child welfare system and several years working in counseling roles. Jennifer became license eligible in 2019 and now practices as an LPC. That experience informs how she talks about family systems and supports parents who want clearer communication with children.
In sessions she aims to be respectful, direct, and nonjudgmental. Expect practical tools mixed with time to tell your story. She avoids stigmatizing labels and centers compassion when discussing difficult events.
People who choose her often want concrete strategies and a collaborative plan. Jennifer tailors each plan to the person's needs, combining short-term problem solving with attention to past hurts that still affect daily life.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's priorities so sessions move at the client's pace and address what feels most urgent. This approach helps with relationship and parenting concerns because it centers the person's experience and goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that maintain problems and introduces small, practical experiments to change them. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and some addiction-related behaviors because it targets patterns you can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Jennifer will talk with each person about goals, try approaches that fit those needs, and adjust plans over time. That collaborative process helps identify which methods feel most helpful and sustainable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are handy for brief updates, tracking progress, or staying connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, and family life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English