About Jennifer
Jennifer Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 23 years of hands-on experience. She focuses on anxiety, stress, grief, depression, and other mood-related concerns. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and clear for people who are worried or unsure about therapy.
She began with a BA in Psychology from Ithaca College and worked in a psychiatric hospital doing testing, co-leading groups, and helping with intake. She completed a Master of Social Work at Adelphi University and later worked in the New York City Early Intervention Program.
Background and approach
Those roles gave her experience with a wide range of challenges across ages. Jennifer has also worked in community mental health settings in New York and New Jersey. She currently serves as Clinical Director at a small therapeutic school for grades 6-12 in Central New Jersey.
That work has deepened her experience with anxiety, school-related avoidance, mood disorders, eating concerns, gender-questioning clients, attachment difficulties, trauma, and anger issues. Her style is flexible and person-centered. She listens without judgment and adapts methods to fit each person's goals.
Jennifer often blends approaches such as cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, attachment-focused work, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when helpful. Practical details are part of how she works. She typically responds to messages in the afternoons through about 7pm and is not available on weekends.
She offers sessions using a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and move toward what matters despite them. It is useful for anxiety, avoidance, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. It is often used for anxiety and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and can help with trust, closeness, and communication struggles.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, preferences, and what they've tried before. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan when something is not working to find the best fit.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat or messaging can be used for short check-ins or to share thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still using ACT, CBT, or attachment-based work in treatment.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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