About Jennifer
Jennifer Palacios is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress and anxiety and improve their close relationships. She speaks plainly and works in a calm, steady way so clients can make sense of repeating patterns. Her name is Jen among clients who prefer a more casual approach.
She focuses on relationship difficulties and relational trauma, including emotional abuse and problems that come up during life transitions.
Background and approach
Sessions often slow the pace so people can notice interaction patterns and respond differently to old triggers. This helps people move from reactivity to clearer choices. Jennifer uses family systems ideas to look at how roles and histories shape current struggles.
She also draws on the Gottman approach to strengthen communication and reduce conflict. Narrative ideas are used to separate a person from the story they’re telling about themselves, which can ease guilt and shame. Her work centers on collaboration and safety; she helps people figure out small, practical changes that fit their lives.
She guides conversations about attachment, codependency, infidelity, blended family stress, and other common relationship themes. Attention to ADHD-related challenges and control or avoidance patterns also inform session goals. Jennifer has five years of clinical experience and is licensed in New Jersey as an LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
She conducts sessions in English and uses several online formats to meet people where they are.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Jennifer often uses family systems ideas to map how roles and history affect current relationship struggles; this helps identify repeating interaction patterns and targets for change. The Gottman-informed work focuses on concrete communication skills and conflict management, useful for couples and partners dealing with frequent arguments or disconnection. Narrative techniques are used to reframe painful stories people carry, which can reduce shame and open space for new choices.Choosing the right approach is part of the process, and Jennifer treats it as a collaboration. She will talk with clients about their goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That way the work stays practical and aligned with what the client finds most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit a busy life. Video sessions let people work face-to-face when interaction cues matter, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a brief check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter, more frequent check-ins and can help people integrate skills between sessions. These options aim to make consistent work possible despite busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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