- Collaborative planning
- English and Spanish
- Career and life transitions
About Jennifer
Jennifer Spinner is a licensed clinical social worker with LICSW and LCSW credentials and 25 years of counseling experience. She focuses on practical steps people can take to improve relationships, work life, and day-to-day coping. Jennifer offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence and aims to listen carefully so clients feel understood.
She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based work to match methods to each person's needs. Sessions emphasize clear goals, skills to manage anxiety and stress, and ways to handle grief, addiction, career shifts, and parenting challenges. Language options include English and Spanish.
Jennifer often helps people sort through life transitions like divorce, health changes, and job stress. She also supports those facing long-term conditions, caregiving strain, or struggles with self-esteem and intimacy. Her background includes long-term private practice experience and personal experience with serious health challenges, which inform a practical, empathetic style.
Clients can expect a team approach to planning. Jennifer starts from where a person is and builds a plan together that fits goals and daily life. She does not provide letters for medical, work, school, or legal purposes. Before booking, confirm current session options and scheduling details.
To begin, follow the site’s Start Therapy steps to complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Sessions use a cancelable subscription model that varies by location and therapist availability.
She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based work to match methods to each person's needs. Sessions emphasize clear goals, skills to manage anxiety and stress, and ways to handle grief, addiction, career shifts, and parenting challenges. Language options include English and Spanish.
Jennifer often helps people sort through life transitions like divorce, health changes, and job stress. She also supports those facing long-term conditions, caregiving strain, or struggles with self-esteem and intimacy. Her background includes long-term private practice experience and personal experience with serious health challenges, which inform a practical, empathetic style.
Clients can expect a team approach to planning. Jennifer starts from where a person is and builds a plan together that fits goals and daily life. She does not provide letters for medical, work, school, or legal purposes. Before booking, confirm current session options and scheduling details.
To begin, follow the site’s Start Therapy steps to complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Sessions use a cancelable subscription model that varies by location and therapist availability.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyHypnotherapyImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Florida, North Dakota, District of Columbia, Massachusetts
Languages
English, Spanish
How Jennifer’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then move toward a values-based life. It can help with stress, career changes, and ongoing mood challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how relationships and early patterns affect current connection and communication, often helping with intimacy and relationship concerns.Jennifer treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. Early sessions are used to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together the therapist and client try methods and adjust the plan based on results and comfort level.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter, focused check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue care across life changes like job moves or health events. Licensed professionals adapt exercises and skills practice to work well over distance, helping clients build tools that transfer into everyday life.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
Jennifer works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, career concerns, parenting strain, ADHD, and related challenges.
What kind of therapy style does she use?
Her style is collaborative and listening-focused, using methods like ACT, CBT, Attachment-Based approaches, DBT skills, and client-centered work to meet practical goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of counseling experience and many years in private practice, which shape a pragmatic, compassionate approach.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.