About Jennifer
Jennifer Thomas-Simmons is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and on practical steps to feel steadier day to day. She offers a calm, respectful approach and tailors conversation to each person's needs.
That means working together to set simple goals and try strategies that fit real life. Sessions are grounded in what matters most to the client, not in one-size-fits-all solutions.
Background and approach
Jennifer draws on client-centered methods to listen and build trust. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and test different ways of coping. Dialectical behavior tools and solution-focused techniques are used when someone needs concrete skills for emotion regulation and quick problem solving.
People consult her for a wide range of concerns including parenting challenges, relationship stress, mood difficulties, grief, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those navigating life changes, fertility and adoption issues, and questions around identity and purpose. Jennifer works with each person to create a plan that fits their life.
She emphasizes practical strategies, short-term skills, and steady progress. Her aim is to help people build more comfortable days and clearer choices moving forward.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Jennifer commonly uses client-centered methods to create an open, listening space where the client sets priorities. This approach helps identify what matters most and guides each session toward the client's goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is used to notice and test unhelpful thoughts and to practice new behaviors that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit your situation. This is a collaborative process and adjustments can be made over time based on what is helpful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let you use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for quick coaching, brief check-ins, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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