- Attachment-informed
- Skills-based support
- Trauma-aware care
About Jennifer
Jennifer Pelo is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and codependency. She brings nine years of private practice experience after a long career as a school counselor. Jennifer aims to make the first steps into therapy feel understandable and manageable.
She focuses on building a reliable working relationship where trust grows over time. Jennifer believes people already carry much of the wisdom they need and that therapy is a place to find those strengths. Sessions emphasize listening, reflection, and practical ways to try new behaviors between meetings.
Her way of working blends several approaches. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Client-centered methods keep the conversation focused on each person's priorities and pace. She also draws on skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotional regulation and on EMDR when trauma processing is needed.
Jennifer describes the process as collaborative. She helps people name what matters, try different coping tools, and track what changes. Progress is paced to match each person's comfort and goals.
People often come to her for life transitions, caregiver stress, intimacy concerns, sleeping problems, and midlife questions. She also works with issues such as abandonment, family of origin struggles, infidelity, and self-esteem challenges. Jennifer practices in Colorado and provides services in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice and change repeating dynamics. Online sessions can be a place to talk about triggers, experiment with new responses, and practice different ways of asking for needs to be met. Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person's priorities and pacing, offering a conversational space where the therapist follows the client's lead and supports personal choices. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be practiced between sessions and reviewed together online.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods feel most helpful based on goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan as needed. This is a cooperative decision rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
Confirm the therapist's current session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people try different rhythms of work and bring what happens in daily life back into session for discussion and practice.
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Experience
9+ years
Credentials
Colorado, Washington, California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help address?
She supports people working through stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and codependency among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She focuses on building trust and listening closely, then uses collaborative problem solving and practical coping tools tailored to each person.
What is her background and experience?
She has nine years in private practice and many additional years as a school counselor prior to starting her practice.
What credentials does she hold and where does she practice?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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