About Jennafer
Jennafer Matthews is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 11 years of clinical experience based in Wisconsin. She creates a conversational, down-to-earth environment where people can talk about anxiety, depression, phobias, trauma, and life changes. Jennafer aims to make sessions feel manageable and unhurried so clients can take small steps toward relief.
She favors a client-centered style that treats each person as the expert on their own life. Sessions focus on listening first, then using practical tools tailored to what the client says is most important.
Background and approach
Jennafer blends cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. Her work also draws on motivational and solution-focused methods to set clear, achievable goals. That means breaking challenges into concrete tasks and tracking progress between sessions.
She pays particular attention to trauma and grief, helping people rebuild routine and safety after disruptive events. Jennafer is comfortable talking about identity and relationship concerns, including LGBT issues, intimacy, parenting stress, and career pressure. She also addresses attention differences, chronic health-related stress, and compassion fatigue for caregivers and professionals.
People meet with her by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging depending on what fits their schedule. Language of service is English and she practices under a Wisconsin LPC credential.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead and helps them name values and goals so work stays relevant and respectful.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It breaks problems into manageable steps and gives simple tools to test new ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with anxiety, depression, and phobias.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention practices that help people notice difficult thoughts and sensations without immediately reacting. These skills can reduce reactivity and make everyday stressors easier to tolerate.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jennafer will discuss what feels helpful, try different methods, and adjust plans based on goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to each person's needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and messaging work well for quick reflections, tracking progress, or when a client prefers writing. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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