About Jennifer
Jennifer Elkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 11 years of practice in California. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, and she also addresses depression, self-esteem, and recovery from trauma. Jennifer meets clients where they are and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
Her approach is warm and interactive. Sessions tend to focus on practical skills and clear steps so people can cope better between meetings.
Background and approach
She uses tools that help clients notice patterns, shift unhelpful thoughts, and try different behaviors to see what helps. Jennifer draws on several methods to match each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change thought patterns that fuel anxiety and low mood.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is used when past upsetting events continue to cause strong reactions. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused work support goal-setting and small, realistic changes. Many people come for help with relationship strain, parenting stress, career worries, or life transitions.
Jennifer also works with concerns like codependency, abandonment fears, midlife questions, and financial stress. She pays attention to how daily routines and responsibilities affect mood and coping. Her style is collaborative and empowering.
Clients and Jennifer set goals together, try out coping strategies, and adjust the plan as needed. The focus is on practical change and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
How Jennifer’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so a person feels understood and can set their own goals. It helps when someone needs support sorting through feelings and deciding what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions to break patterns that keep anxiety and low mood going; it often includes homework to practice new skills between sessions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used when past upsetting events keep causing strong reactions and involves structured processing to reduce the intensity of those memories.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk about options, try methods that fit the client's situation, and adjust plans based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to focus on meaningful goals rather than following a fixed script.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can work when video is not convenient or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter coaching-style support, or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California, Utah
- Languages
- English
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