About Jenna
Dr. Jenna Lebersfeld is a licensed psychologist in Illinois who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, sleep problems, phobias, and challenges around parenting and family relationships. She also supports people navigating ADHD, neurodiversity, and LGBT-related concerns.
Dr. Lebersfeld presents a calm, compassionate presence and aims to make therapy practical and understandable. She takes a collaborative approach in sessions.
She explains options clearly and works with each person to set goals that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills that people can use between meetings, such as changes to routines, stress management, and ways to reduce avoidance of feared situations. Her work includes attention to neurodiverse needs, caregiver stress, and relationship communication. She also addresses obsessive thoughts, impulsivity, and difficulties that follow brain injury.
The pace is set by the person seeking help, with tools introduced gradually so they feel manageable. Dr. Lebersfeld brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice.
She holds the credential IL Psychologist 071.010820, which identifies her as a licensed psychologist in Illinois. She offers sessions in English and provides a mix of live and messaging formats to fit different schedules. If someone is ready to begin, the process starts with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling.
The focus in early sessions is on practical steps and on building a plan that feels achievable.
Evidence-based techniques and online care
Dr. Lebersfeld uses a few evidence-based approaches that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building a life that matches what matters to a person. Cognitive behavioral methods help identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and teach practical steps to reduce avoidance and manage anxiety. Acceptance and commitment style work encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while also taking actions that align with personal values and goals.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively with each person to try techniques, see what fits, and adjust the plan based on needs and preferences. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools to use and how fast to move.
Online therapy offers flexibility for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session or visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break during the day. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or an ongoing thread for homework and progress updates. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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