Jennifer Encinger, LICSW
Practical, listening-first therapy for parents and adults
Book with Jennifer- Years in practice
- 22
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Depression
About Jennifer
Jennifer Encinger is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 22 years of experience helping people through hard moments. She focuses on everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting concerns. Jennifer emphasizes being heard and understood before making a plan.
Her approach is practical and tailored to each person. Sessions are shaped around what matters to the client and keep the conversation grounded and clear. She uses straightforward techniques to manage symptoms and improve day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
Jennifer has worked with people facing life changes, compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, and relationship or intimacy challenges. She also addresses career stress, ADHD-related issues, and mood concerns like postpartum depression and seasonal affective disorder. Additional focus areas include blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and isolation or loneliness.
She draws on a mix of collaborative methods to help clients set goals and try new ways of handling problems. Motivational approaches support making changes, while solution-focused work keeps sessions goal-oriented and brief when needed. Cognitive methods help shift unhelpful thoughts that keep problems going.
Clients can expect a respectful and empathetic tone. Jennifer aims to listen first, then develop a plan that fits each person's situation. The first steps focus on small, practical moves to reduce stress and build more manageable routines.
What Jennifer works with
Everything Jennifer lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jennifer helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jennifer lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening carefully and meeting each person where they are, helping clients describe what matters and set priorities for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety or low mood. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to make changes and can be useful when motivation feels stuck or conflicted.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how they prefer to work, then recommend methods to try. That collaborative planning can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, chat suits short check-ins, and messaging supports brief ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, or caregiving demands while using the selected approaches to make steady progress.
Questions people ask about Jennifer
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting challenges, and life changes, along with relationship, intimacy, and addiction-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is listening-first and collaborative, combining client-centered conversation with practical techniques to set and reach goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns from mood disorders to caregiver stress and workplace issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds a Minnesota LICSW and practices from Minnesota.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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