About Jennifer
Jennifer Howard is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Indiana who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and family-related concerns. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and questions about life purpose. Her approach is straightforward and focused on practical steps people can use right away.
Jennifer treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions often include clear tools for managing strong emotions and changing unhelpful thinking. She listens quietly and reflects what she hears so clients can make sense of their experience. Her work draws from a few well-known approaches like cognitive behavioral methods and mindfulness practice.
That means conversations may include identifying patterns of thought, trying small behavioral changes, and using breathing or attention skills to reduce overwhelm. She also uses client-centered techniques to follow each person’s priorities. With six years of experience as an LMHC, Jennifer brings steady guidance without jargon.
She focuses on simple, realistic goals such as improving sleep, easing anxious thinking, or repairing strained family communication. Progress is tracked in small, concrete steps. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what the person needs in the moment.
Jennifer supports people who want practical strategies and clear explanations as they work toward greater calm, better relationships, and more confidence.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite uncomfortable feelings. It often involves noticing thoughts without getting stuck and trying practical actions that match personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. Sessions frequently include simple exercises and homework to practice between meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She checks in about what is helpful and adjusts the approach so it matches the client’s pace and preferences rather than following a fixed plan.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, skill reminders, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy days, travel schedules, or varying energy levels while continuing to work on anxiety, stress, and family concerns.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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