About Jenny
Jenny Ortega is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She speaks English and Spanish and works with individuals facing depression, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and issues tied to identity and trauma. Jenny uses practical conversation and clear tools to help people feel steadier day to day.
She trained for clinical practice and earned a Master of Social Work from Saint Leo University in 2016.
Background and approach
Jenny has four years of professional experience and has worked in a range of settings with diverse people. That experience includes supporting older adults, autistic children and adolescents, survivors of abuse, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Jenny combines several approaches in session.
She draws on client-centered listening to understand values and priorities. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy help people tolerate strong feelings and make different choices in the moment.
Sessions typically include teaching simple coping skills, practicing new ways to respond to stress, and setting small, achievable goals. Jenny adapts the pace to each person and checks in about what feels useful. She offers help by video calls, phone sessions, chat, or text.
People who want practical tools for anxiety, help with parenting, or support after difficult events often seek her out. Jenny aims to meet people where they are and to teach skills that make daily life easier.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Jenny uses client-centered therapy to listen closely to what matters to each person and to guide sessions around those priorities. This approach helps with building trust, clarifying goals, and shaping practical steps that fit someone’s life.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and to test new behaviors. CBT is helpful for anxiety, low mood, and sleep problems because it focuses on small, concrete changes people can practice between sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when strong emotions get in the way of daily tasks - DBT techniques teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try techniques and adjust as needed in future sessions. That collaborative process helps find what actually helps in daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone calls can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, assignments, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work schedules, caregiving routines, or busy days.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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