About Jennifer
Jennifer Such is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, stress, trauma, and addiction. She uses practical, down-to-earth methods to help clients notice what matters to them and take small steps forward. Jennifer aims to build a calm, honest working relationship where people can talk through difficult moments without feeling judged.
Her work blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive behavioral tools. She helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Background and approach
For trauma and painful memories she may use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, paired with skills to manage emotion in the moment. Jennifer has worked in a range of settings with adults and adolescents facing depression, bipolar challenges, and chronic stress. She pays attention to how life roles - like parenting, work, or caregiving - affect daily coping and goals.
Sessions focus on simple skills, real-life problem solving, and clear goals to track progress. People who struggle with sleep, relationship strain, grief, or difficulties concentrating often find concrete coping strategies helpful in her sessions. She also addresses issues tied to identity and LGBT concerns in a straightforward way.
Jennifer aims to help clients find strengths they already have and use them to move toward meaningful change. Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She works to make therapy understandable and practical, so clients can use what they learn between sessions.
Many people appreciate the focus on short-term tools plus longer-term values-based work.
How chosen approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify personal values and take small actions that match those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing offers a way to process painful memories alongside skills to manage strong emotions in the moment.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean using skills from CBT one week, doing values-based ACT work the next, and bringing in EMDR elements for trauma processing when the client feels ready.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and practice new skills in conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter updates, homework check-ins, or ongoing coaching between appointments. These options give flexibility so therapy can continue amid work, parenting, or caregiving demands.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Missouri, Maryland, Texas
- Languages
- English
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