About Jenna
Jenna Lapointe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, trauma, and related concerns. She brings 13 years of professional experience and an approachable style to sessions. Jenna aims to make therapy feel practical and understandable for people taking a first step.
She uses a mix of client-centered methods, mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and EMDR when appropriate. Sessions start by looking at what thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are doing for a person.
Background and approach
From there she helps clients try different ways of meeting those needs that feel safer and healthier. Jenna often pairs talk-based work with hands-on exercises to practice between meetings. That might include short mindfulness practices, behavioral experiments, or worksheets to try at home.
The focus is on small, repeatable steps that add up over time. Her background includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Washington College and a master’s degree in social work from West Virginia University. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and has worked in outpatient mental health settings for over a decade.
Jenna works from West Virginia and conducts sessions in English. She frames therapy as a collaboration - clients set goals and she helps them find ways to reach those goals. Many people come for anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, or problems with sleep and focus.
How Jenna’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Jenna also uses Client-Centered Therapy ideas to make sessions feel collaborative and respectful, with the person’s goals guiding the work.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative planning means techniques can be adjusted as progress is made or circumstances change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises, phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in without video, and chat or messaging suits quick check-ins, shorter exchanges, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep up with therapy during busy weeks, travel, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- West Virginia, Illinois
- Languages
- English
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