Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Jennifer works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LPCC
- Licensed in
- Michigan, Ohio
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jennifer
Jennifer Kirkpatrick is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and grief. She often supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting concerns, mood disorders, and trauma. Jennifer works with individuals who want practical tools and steady support as they make changes.
She uses straightforward methods so people can see progress between sessions. Jennifer draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, motivational interviewing, and client-centered approaches to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and focused on small, achievable steps toward goals. Jennifer brings seven years of clinical experience and holds LPC and LPCC credentials. She combines skills learned in training with a warm, nonjudgmental style.
The focus is on what will help a person feel more in control, calmer, and more able to manage daily demands. In sessions she often teaches skills for coping with anger, improving sleep, or managing panic and intrusive thoughts. She also supports people facing career changes, burnout, and compassion fatigue.
Jennifer aims to help people recognize strengths and build routines that make life feel more manageable. Her practice uses a personalized plan for each person. That plan may include thought records, behavior experiments, mindfulness exercises, and communication practice drawn from the Gottman Method when relationship work is needed.
Progress is checked regularly and plans are adjusted to match the person's pace and priorities.
What Jennifer works with
Everything Jennifer lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jennifer's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Jennifer lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches offered online and how they help
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person leads the conversation and the therapist reflects and supports their choices. This approach helps people feel heard and more able to tap into their own strengths.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, anger, sleep issues, and mood struggles by teaching concrete skills like thought records and behavior experiments.
Motivational Interviewing is a brief, goal-focused style that helps people resolve mixed feelings about change and strengthens motivation for steps like managing anger or improving routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helping.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone calls can be a lower-bandwidth option, and messaging or live chat can fit quick check-ins or times when shorter contact is preferred. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Jennifer
What concerns does this therapist address?
She supports people with stress, anger, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family problems, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, and related concerns listed on her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She focuses on practical tools, small behavior changes, and building on each person's strengths.
What training and experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience and holds LPC and LPCC credentials as listed on her profile.
Where is she based and licensed?
She practices from Ohio and holds the credentials MI LPC and OH LPCC as noted in her biography.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are sessions priced?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.