About Traynette
Traynette Jenkins-Reese is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people navigate family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. She brings 24 years of experience in mental health work to sessions. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people take practical steps forward.
She begins by listening to where a person is right now and what they most want to change. Sessions focus on clear goals and short-term strategies that fit daily life.
Background and approach
She uses plain language and practical tools rather than jargon so people can use what they learn right away. Her background includes work in residential treatment, outpatient programs, in-home services, and employee assistance programs. That variety shaped a flexible style for different life situations and stressors.
She has supported clients from varied cultural and economic backgrounds. In therapy she blends client-centered care with evidence-informed tools like cognitive behavioral approaches, solution-focused methods, and trauma-focused work. That mix helps with mood, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and coping with major life changes.
Her manner is described as non-judgmental and collaborative. She works with each person to set realistic steps and track small wins. The goal is clearer coping, better communication, and more confidence managing daily demands.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a plan around each person's goals. It helps when people need a supportive space to sort priorities and decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) uses practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms through homework and skill practice. Solution-focused therapy zeroes in on what is working and on small, achievable changes to move a person forward.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick the methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean trying one approach for a few sessions and adjusting as progress is tracked.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer different practical benefits. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, live chat can be convenient for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or on-the-go reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English