About Jennifer
Jennifer Stratton is a licensed counselor who helps people manage anxiety and stress. She holds LPC-MH (Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health) and LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) credentials and practices from Minnesota. Jennifer focuses on everyday struggles like worry, mood changes, grief, and addiction in clear, practical ways.
She uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help people develop coping skills and regain a sense of control. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small, achievable steps that reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how isolation, shame, and impulsivity influence behavior and mood. Jennifer has five years of professional experience working with people facing caregiving stress, first responder issues, and challenges linked to ADHD or autism spectrum traits. She also supports those coping with seasonal affective disorder, bipolar mood swings, and substance use concerns.
Her background includes helping people with relationship problems, parenting stress, and processing trauma or loss. In sessions she prioritizes practical strategies that fit daily life. That may include building routines, learning calming techniques, and changing patterns that fuel anxiety or addictive behavior.
She encourages self-compassion and helps clients notice small progress rather than expecting perfect change. People looking for an organized, empathetic approach will find straightforward guidance and tailored tools. Jennifer works with each person to set realistic goals and track improvements over time.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Jennifer uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and behavior change. One common approach teaches practical coping strategies for anxiety and mood symptoms, such as breath work, grounding exercises, and activity scheduling to reduce worry and lift mood. Another approach centers on identifying patterns that lead to impulsive or addictive behaviors and replacing them with safer choices and routine supports. Each method is explained clearly and practiced during sessions so people can use the skills between meetings.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist discusses goals, preferences, and daily routines with each person and then tries techniques that fit those needs. Adjustments happen over time based on what helps most, and the plan is shaped together so it suits real life and immediate concerns.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, live chat can be a shorter way to process emotions in the moment, and text messaging supports ongoing check-ins and reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other daily responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa
- Languages
- English
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