About Jennifer
Jennifer Plunkett is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Texas. She helps people facing family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, low self-esteem, and attention and focus concerns such as ADHD. Her tone is direct and encouraging for those ready to make a change.
She brings four years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on building an open, nonjudgmental space. In that space a person can talk through painful memories, confusing family patterns, or the daily strain of parenting.
Background and approach
Jennifer emphasizes listening first, then working together on small, practical steps. Sessions often center on improving communication and managing overwhelming feelings. She addresses related issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, codependency, and relationship strain after separation.
Jennifer also helps people cope with chronic illness, body image worries, and the impact of dissociation or trauma symptoms. Her approach is collaborative. She supports clients in setting realistic goals, trying new behavior patterns, and tracking what helps.
Progress is paced to each person’s needs and comfort level. People who choose her practice can expect a straightforward, compassionate style. Jennifer aims to help clients build confidence and better concentration, reduce distress from past events, and find more steadiness in day-to-day life.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Jennifer uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional healing. One approach emphasizes processing and reducing the impact of traumatic memories through structured conversation and coping skills. This helps people manage flashbacks, intense emotions, and dissociation related to past abuse or disaster.Another common focus is skills-based work to improve attention, organization, and emotional regulation for people with ADHD or chronic stress. These techniques teach routines, planning strategies, and small behavior changes to improve concentration and daily functioning.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will help identify which methods fit best with a person’s needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust the plan over time based on what works in sessions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support ongoing reflection between sessions and quick coping check-ins when helpful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and changing life demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English