About Jennifer
Jennifer Teague is a licensed professional counselor who brings 15 years of experience to her work. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Her style is relaxed and direct, and she aims to help people find realistic steps forward.
Jennifer began wanting to be a counselor in junior high after a counselor helped her family through hard times.
Background and approach
She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Lubbock Christian University in 1998 and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Dallas Baptist University in 2002. She holds a Texas LPC and keeps her credentials active as her life has taken her between states. In session she leans on client-centered principles, which means she listens first and follows each person’s pace.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness strategies are added when slowing down and noticing the present moment will help with mood or sleep. Her approach is conversational rather than clinical.
She works one on one to learn what is causing struggle and helps people try practical solutions. Sessions can include skill practice, thought work, and simple exercises to improve daily routines. Outside of work she enjoys audiobooks, road trips, football, and time with her husband, cat, and dogs.
That plainspoken, down-to-earth outlook shows up in how she meets people in session.
How her approaches fit with online therapy
Client-centered therapy means the therapist listens closely and follows the pace and priorities of the person in front of her; online sessions use that same approach so conversations focus on what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to change how someone feels, which works well through guided exercises and homework assigned during an online session. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep, and those techniques can be practiced and reviewed during virtual meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will choose which methods to try first. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods if something isn’t helpful and to build a plan that fits real life.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a shorter break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions, try brief exercises, or respond when typing feels easier than talking. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity of care when life changes occur.
Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
How would you describe her therapy style?
What is her background and experience?
Where is she licensed and based?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
What session formats are available?
How are costs handled?
How do I begin working with her?
What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English