About Jennifer
Jennifer "Jenny" Nelson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and ADHD-related challenges. She focuses on practical coping skills and clear steps that can fit into a busy life. Jenny aims to make sessions straightforward and grounded, so parents and caregivers can quickly see what to try between meetings.
Jenny draws on six years of clinical practice and uses approaches that match each person’s needs.
Background and approach
She listens first to learn strengths and patterns, then suggests small, concrete changes. Sessions often include problem-solving, behavior strategies, and tools to reduce overwhelm. Her background includes work with people on the autism spectrum and those with intellectual disability, where adapting pace and communication matters.
That experience shapes how she explains tools and breaks tasks into manageable steps. She uses plain language and checks understanding as she goes. Therapy with Jenny blends client-centered conversation with cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness skills.
Those methods aim to change unhelpful thinking, improve emotion regulation, and build routines that support daily functioning. She also uses motivational interviewing strategies to help people find their own reasons to change. Clients can expect a collaborative tone and practical homework between sessions.
Jenny focuses on realistic goals and small wins that add up. Her approach is steady and goal-oriented, helping clients handle current problems and prepare for future challenges.
How specific approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's priorities. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what she hears, and helps set goals that matter to the client. This approach is useful when someone needs a space to be heard and to clarify next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions often include simple exercises and short homework tasks to try between meetings, which can help with anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related routines. DBT, or dialectical behavior therapy, adds concrete skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, test out methods, and adjust based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to land on tools that fit daily life and personal preferences.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins and progress reports between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit work schedules, caregiving responsibilities, and varying energy levels.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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