About Jenna
Dr. Jenna Lebersfeld is a licensed psychologist in Illinois who helps people coping with anxiety, stress, ADHD, sleep troubles, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports those managing parenting strains, anger, and questions about sexuality or gender.
Her tone is warm and collaborative, and she focuses on helping people find practical ways to feel better day to day. With eight years of experience as a therapist, Dr. Lebersfeld commonly works with neurodiverse individuals and people connected to adoption or foster care.
Background and approach
She also addresses family communication problems, caregiver stress, and concerns such as obsessions, compulsions, phobias, and traumatic brain injury. Her caseload includes a wide range of life challenges rather than a single issue. Her style is straightforward and supportive.
She treats clients as partners and helps them set realistic goals. Sessions often include skill-building, problem solving, and learning small habits that add up over time. Dr.
Lebersfeld integrates cognitive behavioral approaches and acceptance and commitment ideas with mindfulness exercises. She adapts strategies to fit each person’s daily life, family context, and neurodiversity. The emphasis is on practical changes people can use between sessions.
People who choose her can expect a calm, nonjudgmental atmosphere and clear steps to try. She aims to help clients reduce symptoms and improve functioning through steady, collaborative work.
Practical approaches for online anxiety care
Dr. Lebersfeld uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice patterns that keep anxiety and unwanted behaviors going. That often means breaking big problems into smaller steps, testing ideas in the real world, and building routines that reduce worry and improve sleep.She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas that focus on values and willingness rather than trying to eliminate difficult feelings. These techniques teach skills for noticing thoughts and returning attention to actions that matter. Mindfulness exercises and simple meditation practices are added to help with focus, emotional regulation, and coping during stressful moments.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is a team effort. The therapist talks with each person about goals, daily life, and what has or hasn’t helped before. From there she suggests techniques to try and adjusts them based on what fits the person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video lets people practice skills together and read nonverbal cues, phone calls can be used when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging work well for brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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