About Jenny
Jenny Canales is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. She uses a warm, engaging style that focuses on building a trusting therapy relationship. Jenny speaks English and accepts international clients for online work.
She regularly supports people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, career challenges, and attention difficulties such as ADHD. Her approach blends straightforward tools with attentive listening so clients can make small, steady changes.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical steps and clearer thinking rather than long lectures. Jenny draws on client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on each person’s needs and values. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people recognize and change thoughts and behaviors that get in the way.
When trauma is involved, she brings trauma-focused methods that aim to reduce distress and build coping skills. Over seven years in the field, Jenny has worked with many people facing complex histories, including survivors of abuse and trauma. She describes her role as supportive and empowering, helping clients find the next doable step toward feeling better.
She treats each person with respect and sensitivity, regardless of their background. People who prefer clear goals and a respectful, collaborative therapist tend to fit well with her style. Jenny invites clients ready to try practical strategies and reflective conversation to begin working toward more stable daily routines and stronger coping skills.
Practical approaches for online therapy and trauma care
Jenny uses client-centered therapy to keep conversations focused on each person’s goals and values. That approach means the therapist listens closely and adapts sessions to what the client finds most helpful, whether that is emotional support or problem-solving.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which teaches simple tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT techniques can help with anxiety, low mood, anger, and routines that get disrupted by stress. When trauma is part of the story, trauma-focused methods aim to reduce distress and strengthen coping skills so daily life feels more manageable.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with clients to choose or combine methods based on the person’s goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. This collaborative planning helps make sessions feel useful from the start.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people talk face to face from wherever they are, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can fit quick updates, brief reflections, or support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied daily routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English