About Jennifer
Jennifer Manning is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Pennsylvania. She brings 13 years of direct clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, parenting strains, and ADHD. Her approach centers on building a genuine working relationship where clients set the pace and goals.
She favors practical, down-to-earth work in sessions. That can mean teaching simple mindfulness exercises to calm intense moments. It can mean talking through parenting challenges and finding small changes that reduce daily friction.
Background and approach
It can also mean unpacking traumatic memories at a measured pace when someone is ready. Jennifer blends client-centered care with trauma-focused and systemic ideas. Client-centered Therapy keeps the conversation focused on each person's priorities.
Trauma-Focused Therapy provides structure for addressing past harm. Systemic Therapy looks at how relationships and family patterns affect feelings and behavior. She uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change and to stay motivated.
Sessions often include skill practice, short-term goal setting, and regular check-ins on progress. The emphasis is on what works in daily life rather than jargon or long homework assignments. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.
New clients can expect a calm, respectful space to name problems, try practical tools, and adjust the plan as they move forward.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so the client feels heard and can set their own goals. This approach helps with anxiety, stress, parenting issues, and everyday decision-making.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple, practical exercises to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Short breathing or grounding practices are used to manage moments of panic, overwhelm, or impulsivity. These tools are easy to practice between sessions and can make daily routines smoother.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying an approach for several sessions and adjusting as needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow full face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports shorter ongoing contact. These options help clients fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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