About Jennifer
Jennifer (Jen) Sherman is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She helps people handle stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship strain, grief, parenting worries, and major life changes. Jen aims to create a calm, honest, and approachable space where clients can talk openly and learn practical skills.
Her style is interactive and down-to-earth. She uses a mix of cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, and acceptance-based methods to build coping tools.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and skills-focused, with room for humor and direct feedback. Jen pays attention to attachment and identity concerns and supports LGBT-affirmative work. She helps people who face family conflict, abandonment or attachment issues, blended family stress, body image struggles, codependency, and caregiver burden.
She also has experience with mood disorders, bipolar concerns, and disruptive mood challenges. Her background includes work in independent practice, university counseling centers, and grade schools. That range has shaped a practical approach to skill-building, emotion regulation, and relationship skills.
Clients can expect clear strategies for anxiety reduction, self-esteem work, and healthier communication patterns. Outside of work, Jen reads history and science fiction and enjoys time with her two children. She favors a warm, authentic therapeutic relationship that helps people find steadier ground and clearer next steps.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck and to take actions that match their values; it can reduce worry and increase meaningful activity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, offering step-by-step tools to manage anxiety, mood, and unhelpful behavior. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which helps when strong emotions or relationship conflicts get in the way.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That conversation guides whether sessions lean more toward ACT, CBT, DBT, or a mix tailored to the person's needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and interactive work. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or when a headset is more convenient. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, and people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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