- Years in practice
- 22
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Jennifer
Jennifer Hayden is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with more than two decades of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for parents and individuals who are juggling stress, anxiety, mood concerns, addiction, grief, relationship strain, and parenting-related stress. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at easing day-to-day struggles and helping clients take small, usable steps forward.
Jennifer combines talk-based work with targeted techniques to address trauma and addiction.
Background and approach
She uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, alongside cognitive tools to reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness and client-centered principles help shape sessions so clients feel heard and can build skills at their own pace. Her approach treats symptoms and life context together.
Sessions often include practical strategies for sleep, mood, and coping with life changes, and can address specific issues like body image, caregiver stress, or compulsive behaviors. She also supports people dealing with bereavement, compassion fatigue, and career-related stress.
Jennifer has worked in Colorado settings for many years and brings experience with co-occurring concerns such as chronic pain, substance use, and complex family-of-origin dynamics. She frames difficult experiences within understandable models and helps clients set clear, attainable goals. Clients usually collaborate on a plan that fits their needs and routines.
Conversations are paced to match what each person can manage, with follow-up tools and homework when helpful to reinforce progress.
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
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jennifer lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches for trauma, mood, and parenting strain
Jennifer uses Client-Centered Therapy to create an accepting space where parents and individuals can talk through what matters most. This approach focuses on listening and shaping the work around each person's goals and priorities.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, to help people notice patterns in thoughts and behaviors and try different, practical actions. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing everyday stressors that affect parenting and relationships.
EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is another tool she offers for traumatic memories and intense distress. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation alongside guided recall to reduce the emotional charge of troubling memories and can be applied when trauma or addiction-related memories interfere with daily life.
Jennifer approaches the choice of method collaboratively. She will review goals, preferences, and symptoms and help decide whether talk-based work, CBT exercises, EMDR, or mindfulness practices fit best. Adjustment of the plan is normal as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for interactive skill work and face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat suit quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and varying daily routines.
Questions people ask about Jennifer
What concerns does Jennifer address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and addiction, and many parenting-related issues. Other areas include sleep, eating, grief, self-esteem, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style blends client-centered listening with practical techniques. Sessions focus on clear steps, skill-building, and pacing that fits each person's life.
What is her professional background?
Jennifer has 22 years of clinical experience working in Colorado settings. She has experience with co-occurring issues like chronic pain and substance use.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Colorado.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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