About Jennifer
Jennifer Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas who uses practical therapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and anger. She speaks English and Spanish and brings eight years of experience to her work. Her approach focuses on clear steps people can use in daily life.
Jennifer emphasizes straightforward conversations where clients can name what feels hard. She aims to create a calm space for talking through upsetting thoughts and learning skills to respond differently.
Background and approach
Sessions are down-to-earth and goal oriented, not full of jargon. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Solution-Focused Therapy guides short-term goal setting and small, achievable changes.
Trauma-Focused Therapy supports those coping with past harm and learning ways to feel safer in their bodies and minds. Jennifer has worked with concerns ranging from depression and addictions to grief, sleep problems, bipolar challenges, and career stress. She also supports people struggling with attachment, communication problems, codependency, and the effects of major life changes.
Her background includes helping people affected by medical issues such as cancer and by trauma related to disasters. Jennifer offers online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. International clients may be seen and she will help match the approach to each person’s needs and goals.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new actions to reduce distress. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing mood swings. Solution-Focused Therapy focuses on small, practical steps and short-term goals to build momentum and solve current problems. Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the effects of past harm and teaches grounding and emotion regulation skills to reduce reactivity.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying a few approaches and adjusting based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to create flexibility. Video is useful for longer therapy work and skill teaching. Phone sessions can fit short check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging provide quick check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, travel, or different time zones.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish