About Jennifer
Jennifer Such is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She uses straightforward, practical strategies so parents and individuals can feel steadier day to day. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, focused on small steps that add up to change.
Jennifer blends several proven methods to match each person's needs. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She pairs that with acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live in line with their values even when feelings are hard. Trauma work and recovery from addiction are part of her background. She also supports people dealing with depression, relationship problems, grief, sleep troubles, and the strain of caregiving or compassion fatigue.
Jennifer listens for patterns that make daily life harder and then helps clients try new ways of responding. Many clients find concrete tools helpful, like grounding strategies, emotion regulation skills, and behavior experiments to test out different approaches. She also draws on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when processing past painful events is needed.
Sessions are a collaborative process where the client's goals guide which tools are used. Jennifer is licensed as an LCSW and practices with people in Missouri. She speaks English and brings a calm, practical presence to sessions.
Her aim is to help people find more ease and clearer choices in their lives.
How Jennifer’s Approaches Work Online
Jennifer often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT tends to focus on practical experiments and step-by-step skill building, which translates well to remote sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another common part of her work and helps people clarify what matters to them and take action despite difficult feelings.She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills are needed. DBT provides concrete tools for managing intense feelings, improving communication, and reducing impulsive reactions. These approaches can be blended so sessions focus on what the person needs most in the moment.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jennifer will work together with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. That may mean trying a few strategies to see what fits best and adjusting as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls let therapists observe nonverbal cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can work for brief check-ins, skill coaching between sessions, or when writing helps someone organize thoughts. These options help therapy fit into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- 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
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Missouri, Maryland, Texas
- Languages
- English
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