- Practical coping skills
- Trauma-informed methods
- Goal-focused work
About Jennifer
Jennifer Elkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 11 years of experience based in California. She offers a warm and interactive style and focuses on helping people who feel stuck by building practical coping skills and clearer next steps.
Jennifer draws on straightforward strategies to address anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression, and relationship strain. She also supports people facing life transitions, workplace challenges, compassion fatigue, and concerns such as codependency, abandonment, or blended family issues. Her approach aims to help people feel more stable and able to move forward.
In sessions she listens closely and helps clients set achievable goals. Jennifer uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses client-centered techniques to keep the work focused on each person’s priorities.
When traumatic memories are part of the struggle, she incorporates EMDR methods alongside motivational interviewing to build readiness and resilience. Solution-focused work is used to develop concrete steps and small experiments clients can try between sessions.
Her style is practical and hopeful. Sessions emphasize skills you can use right away and plans that fit everyday life. She invites people to take the first step toward change and to shape therapy around what matters most to them.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s priorities and uses active listening and reflection to help identify what matters most and what to work on. It helps people clarify goals and feel understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete exercises to change patterns that maintain anxiety or low mood; it is useful for stress, worry, and mood concerns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) addresses distress linked to traumatic memories by using structured processing and stabilizing skills to reduce the intensity of painful memories.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences, and may combine approaches as progress unfolds. This helps ensure the plan fits the client rather than forcing a single method.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit care into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins during breaks, or remove travel time to appointments. Talk with the therapist about scheduling, pacing, and practical ways to use online sessions effectively for skill practice and managing everyday challenges.
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Experience
11+ years
Credentials
California, Utah
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, stress, relationship struggles, addictions, trauma and abuse, and life changes such as divorce or midlife transitions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, interactive, and empowering, with an emphasis on listening, practical strategies, and setting achievable goals with each person.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 11 years of experience as a clinician working with children, families, and individuals in a clinical setting.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in Utah and California and practices from California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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