About Jennifer
Jennifer Pena is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor working in Florida. She has five years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, grief, or relationship strain. Jennifer speaks English and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Her approach is straightforward and down-to-earth. She listens first, then helps clients set small, manageable goals. Sessions often use tools like worksheets, structured conversation, and problem-solving exercises to build skills over time.
Background and approach
Jennifer uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Narrative and client-centered methods help people make sense of their story and feel heard.
She works with concerns such as trauma and abuse, self-harm, anger, compassion fatigue, and low self-esteem. Additional focuses include body image, codependency, commitment and control issues, isolation and loneliness, and life purpose questions. Parents reading on a phone should know sessions aim to be practical and easy to follow.
Jennifer combines talking and hands-on activities so clients can practice between sessions. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and better ways to handle everyday challenges.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. It helps people feel understood and guides conversations toward their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that fuel anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers tools for regulating strong emotions and tolerating distress when situations feel overwhelming.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Jennifer will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. This process can be adjusted as progress is made and priorities change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, skill coaching between sessions, or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit consistent care into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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