About Jennifer
Jennifer Wren is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with seven years of clinical experience. She is an LGBTQ ally and a military veteran who understands aspects of military life. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or problems with intimacy.
She focuses on making the first step easier and less daunting. Sessions aim to be a calm space where clients can talk about hard things without judgment.
Background and approach
Jennifer uses practical conversation and listening to identify what feels unmanageable and what can change. Her background includes work with a range of age groups, from young children to adults, and with concerns that often connect to family of origin, adoption and foster care, and blended family situations.
She also supports people who are coping with dissociation, eating or food-related issues, divorce or separation, domestic violence, and attachment challenges. In sessions she addresses communication problems, co-morbidity, and issues such as abandonment, emptiness, and intimacy-related struggles. She also has experience with autism and Asperger syndrome and with people involved in BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture.
Her approach is hands-on and problem-focused, aiming to help clients find clearer ways to cope day to day. Jennifer offers phone sessions, video calls, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Therapy uses a subscription plan that can be canceled at any time, and fees vary with location and therapist availability.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Jennifer uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and steps people can use between sessions. One common approach emphasizes building practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. Another approach centers on addressing trauma and its effects by helping people notice triggers, manage strong emotions, and regain a sense of control over daily life.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to check in between appointments or get shorter, more frequent support. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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