Connie Jenks

Connie Jenks is an LPC with 19 years of experience who helps people facing trauma, grief, mood disorders, and career concerns. She focuses on creating a straightforward space where thoughts and feelings can be talked about without judgment. Her approach is practical and steady, aimed at helping clients take the next step when life feels overwhelming.

Connie uses methods drawn from Client-Centered Therapy to keep the conversation rooted in each person's priorities. She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking patterns and uses Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events still affect daily life. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy help people find small, achievable changes that build momentum.

In sessions she listens first and then helps shape goals that fit a person's situation. Discussions are goal-oriented when useful, and flexible when clients need more space to process. She pays attention to how mood disorders, addiction, and compassion fatigue can overlap and affect daily routines.

Clients who are visually impaired or who bring complex, co-occurring concerns will find experience with those issues among her focus areas. She also works with people navigating women's issues, self-harm thoughts, trichotillomania, and communication difficulties. Treatment plans are adapted to what each person needs and can handle.

Connie practices in Virginia and offers services in English. She accepts international clients and aims to help people move toward clearer decisions, better coping, and steadier days.

How Connie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead, helping people feel heard and supported while they decide next steps. This works well for grief, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem concerns where being understood is the first priority.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the thoughts and habits that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and clear, short-term goals to help with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, and coping with life changes.

Trauma-Focused Therapy is slower paced and designed to address how past events continue to affect day-to-day functioning. It pairs careful processing with skills for managing strong emotions and can be introduced when someone is ready to look at difficult memories.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Connie will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend a mix of methods that fits their needs. That plan can change as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter focused check-ins, or avoid being on camera when preferred. Licensed professionals tailor tasks and homework to online sessions so progress continues between meetings.