About Jennifer
Jennifer Gonzalez is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 14 years of clinical experience in Texas. She offers straightforward, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, or the fallout from trauma and abuse. Her work is direct and collaborative, aimed at helping clients take small, useful steps toward feeling better.
She uses client-centered methods to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what matters most to them.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try out different behaviors. Mindfulness practices are offered to help with emotional regulation and grounding in difficult moments. Jennifer has worked across community mental health, intensive outpatient programs, employee assistance programs, and domestic violence services.
That variety informs how she tailors sessions to fit practical life demands and different stressors. She draws on Motivational Interviewing when people need help finding motivation for change and Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, achievable goals. Her focus areas include addiction concerns, family and blended family issues, communication and commitment problems, body image and self-esteem issues, and compassion fatigue.
She also supports people facing bipolar mood swings, attachment concerns, and the emotions that follow divorce or infidelity. Sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or messaging, so people can pick what fits their routines. Jennifer aims to help clients build coping skills, clearer thinking, and more manageable daily routines.
How Jennifer’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s experience without judgment. It helps people feel heard and guides the pace of work based on what they say matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches simple exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving. That approach is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans as progress is made. People are invited to give feedback so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging works well for short check-ins, weekly homework, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines and help sustain momentum between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English