About Jennifer
Jennifer Hoffman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 19 years of experience. She practices in Illinois and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, trauma, and parenting concerns. Her approach centers on listening first and building practical skills that people can use day to day.
She uses a client-centered stance that puts the person’s priorities at the center of the work. Sessions aim to strengthen coping skills, sort through difficult feelings, and set small reachable goals.
Background and approach
Jennifer blends mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to help people notice patterns and try concrete changes between visits. People come to her for a wide range of concerns including depression, ADHD, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and eating or body-image struggles. She also supports people facing caregiving strain, first responder stress, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
Jennifer pays attention to how life transitions and work pressures affect mood and functioning. Her style is caring and respectful, with an emphasis on clear steps and measurable progress. Conversations are practical and grounded, with tools to use at home, at work, or while parenting.
She works to tailor plans so they fit each person’s daily routine. Jennifer draws on nearly two decades of clinical work to adapt methods to each situation. She helps people build confidence in managing symptoms and in making decisions that match their values.
The focus is on steady progress and usable skills that make life feel more manageable.
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s goals. In practice this means the therapist reflects what matters to the client, helps prioritize concerns, and adjusts the pace and content to fit real life. It’s useful for anxiety, parenting stress, and decisions about next steps.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices people can use when anxiety or strong emotions arise. Sessions introduce short exercises and coach how to keep using them between meetings, which can reduce overwhelm and improve focus.
Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, practical changes. Sessions identify what is already working, set concrete short-term goals, and plan steps to reach them. This approach helps when someone wants quick strategies for coping with stress, work issues, or daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jennifer collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan when something isn’t helping.
The online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, problem-solving between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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