- Trauma focused care
- CBT and DBT skills
- EMDR available
About Jennifer
Jennifer Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 14 years of clinical experience. She goes by Jenner and works mainly with people who have struggled with trauma and related concerns such as anxiety, depression, and adjustment after difficult events.
Jenner trained at Regent University, earning a master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling. Her work has included many settings and a range of diagnoses. She has particular experience with trauma and PTSD and has used EMDR and trauma-focused CBT approaches in her practice.
Her approach starts from a client-centered view. She treats people as whole individuals instead of labels. That means she listens first, then matches methods and tools to the person in front of her rather than following a single protocol.
In sessions she uses practical strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and DBT skills for managing intense emotions and stress. For relationship and attachment concerns she brings in emotion-focused ideas to help people name and shift patterns that keep them stuck. She also works with sleep, anger, parenting strain, and identity concerns such as LGBT issues.
People carrying shame or guilt related to trauma, loss, or relationship problems are within the range of concerns she addresses. Jenner has also supported people facing first-responder stress, adoption and foster care issues, and complicated family-of-origin patterns. Her practice combines talking, skills work, and trauma-focused methods when appropriate.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the relationship and listening. Online work using this approach means the therapist prioritizes understanding the person's story and collaborates on what to try next. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is skills and thinking work. Online CBT sessions typically involve identifying patterns of thinking, practicing new responses, and assigning brief exercises between sessions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that helps reduce the intensity of traumatic memories through structured processing; when used online it follows the same steps but adapts pacing and breaks to the remote setting.Figuring out the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, history, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills training, emotion-focused work, or trauma-processing methods and they adjust the plan over time.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also make it possible to work with a Virginia-licensed professional from other locations where international sessions are supported, so practical scheduling can be arranged to match everyday life.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, stress, and related issues such as relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue.
How would she approach someone stuck in shame or guilt?
She uses a client-centered stance combined with practical tools from CBT and DBT and trauma-focused methods when relevant to help people name feelings, challenge unhelpful thinking, and practice different responses.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience working in a variety of settings and has focused much of her work on trauma and PTSD.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Virginia.
Can sessions be done in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
She accepts international clients.
What formats are used for sessions?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.