- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LMSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan, Illinois, Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Jennifer
Jennifer Quinn is a licensed social worker with 16 years of clinical experience. She practices as an LCSW and LMSW and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and parenting challenges. Her approach is practical and grounded, aimed at small changes that add up over time.
She centers conversations on what matters most to each person. Sessions often begin by clarifying goals and identifying specific habits or patterns to change.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward techniques to build coping skills, improve sleep and eating routines, and manage intense emotions like anger or grief. Jennifer draws on several therapy methods to match a person’s needs. That might include strategies that address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, mindfulness to reduce reactivity, or methods that focus on emotional connection and processing past trauma.
She discusses options and adapts pacing to what feels manageable. Her background includes work in multiple states and a range of concerns from caregiving stress to career shifts and living with bipolar disorder. She also supports people facing adoption and foster care issues, codependency, and body image struggles.
Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk things through. Jennifer frames therapy as collaborative coaching and problem solving. She helps people notice patterns, try new ways of responding, and track progress.
The overall aim is clearer choices and more sustainable day-to-day functioning.
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
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Jennifer lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It often uses simple exercises to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them, which can help with anxiety, stress, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It is useful for problems like depression, insomnia, and managing mood changes because it teaches practical skills to change behavior and thinking patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options and try methods that match a person's goals and comfort level. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are expected as progress is tracked.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls are good for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or if being on camera feels difficult. Live chat and messaging make quick check-ins and brief coaching possible between scheduled sessions. These options help fit sessions around work, parenting, and other daily demands.
Questions people ask about Jennifer
What kinds of concerns does Jennifer work with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting challenges, grief, sleep and eating issues, and a wide range of related concerns such as caregiver stress and body image.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She focuses on clear goals, step-by-step changes, and techniques that clients can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working in clinical settings across multiple states.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is licensed as an LMSW and Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW, and she practices in Michigan among other states previously noted.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and 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 preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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