About Jennifer
Jennifer Grunewald is a licensed professional counselor clinical candidate with ten years of mental health and substance use work in Minnesota. She focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and life changes. She also helps people who have trouble with concentration and memory and those managing ADHD-related challenges.
Her sessions are straightforward and grounded. She aims to create an open space where clients can talk about thoughts and feelings without feeling judged.
Background and approach
Jennifer emphasizes practical steps and small changes that add up over time rather than quick fixes. Jennifer draws on approaches that are supported by research and adapts them to each person's needs. She uses skills to help with emotional regulation, strategies to manage cravings and impulses, and tools to improve focus and daily routines.
Conversations often include concrete practice between sessions so progress continues outside appointment times. She has worked with people facing grief, addiction, isolation, and family of origin struggles. She also supports those coping with caregiving stress, codependency, communication problems, and questions about life purpose and self-worth.
Her background includes both mental health and substance use disorder settings, giving a broad base for common life stresses. Jennifer works in English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Starting is done online through a short matching questionnaire and scheduling that fits the client's time and needs.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Jennifer uses evidence-based techniques that are easy to practice in remote sessions. One approach focuses on skills for emotional regulation and stress management - clients learn step-by-step strategies to notice triggers, slow strong reactions, and build calmer routines. This helps with anxiety and overwhelming stress.Another common focus is practical strategies for addiction and impulse control. These techniques include managing cravings, planning for high-risk situations, and building healthier daily habits to reduce substance use and impulsive behaviors. These tools are taught in short, doable exercises and reinforced over time.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Jennifer works with each person to identify goals and preferences, then adjusts techniques to fit their life and progress. She encourages trying methods in-session and practicing between appointments to see what works best.
Online therapy offers flexibility and makes regular work easier to maintain. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, phone sessions can be a lighter option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging lets clients check in between appointments or use brief coaching during busy days. These formats help therapy fit into a weeknight, a lunch break, or a caregiver schedule while keeping momentum toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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