Jennifer Spinner, LICSW, LCSW
Compassionate, practical help for everyday parenting challenges
Book with Jennifer- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida, North Dakota, District of Columbia, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Jennifer
Jennifer Spinner is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of counseling experience. She practices in Florida and speaks English and Spanish. Jennifer focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for stress, anxiety, parenting, grief, relationship concerns, addiction, and self-esteem struggles.
Her approach begins with listening without judgment. She aims to understand what matters most to each person and builds a plan from there. Sessions emphasize clear steps people can try between meetings and skills to manage day-to-day strain.
Background and approach
Jennifer draws on methods from acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered work. She uses these approaches to address patterns that get in the way of goals, like avoidance, overwhelming thoughts, or communication problems. The work is often practical and skills-focused rather than abstract.
She also brings attachment-informed ideas when relationships are central to the concern. That helps with intimacy issues, difficulty trusting, and challenges tied to early life losses or adoption and foster care histories. Jennifer uses a collaborative tone and invites people to shape the pace and focus of therapy.
Her background includes long-term clinical practice and personal-practice experience. She mentions personal life challenges that give her empathy for caregiving stress, medical difficulties, and the effects of major life events. The result is a pragmatic style that balances understanding with clear strategies to move forward.
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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jennifer lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and values and taking actions that fit those values. It helps when worry or avoidance keeps someone from doing what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical techniques to change them. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood shifts, sleep and eating troubles, and managing stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods together. This collaborative process lets the therapist adjust techniques to fit parenting concerns, relationship goals, or coping with life changes.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when a deeper discussion is needed. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, skill practice, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other daily demands.
Questions people ask about Jennifer
What concerns can this therapist help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, self-esteem, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, and many related topics.
What is her style of therapy?
The style is collaborative and practical. She listens without judgment and helps people set small, doable goals between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of counseling experience and has worked in independent practice for many years.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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