Jennifer Eklund

Jennifer Eklund is a Licensed Independent Social Worker-Clinical Practitioner (LISW-CP) who emphasizes building a strong connection before beginning focused work. She offers a direct, listening approach that aims to make people feel heard and understood. Jennifer keeps sessions practical and centered on the issues you bring in, whether that's stress, grief, or relationship concerns.

She uses a mix of familiar approaches, choosing the ones that fit each person's needs. Jennifer draws from Client-Centered Therapy to make room for each person's perspective. She also works with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when targeting patterns of thought and behavior.

Her background includes experience in hospice settings and in work with family and adolescent concerns, so she understands the strains around caregiving and end-of-life matters. Over nine years she has helped people with grief, compassion fatigue, parenting stress, workplace problems, and trauma-related issues.

Jennifer favors straightforward conversation and practical strategies. She often suggests small experiments or skill-building between sessions to help people notice changes. Evening and weekend times are commonly part of her schedule, and she checks messages at least once on weekdays.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and choose a time that works. Jennifer aims to work alongside each person to set clear goals and make steady progress on day-to-day challenges.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your point of view. The therapist follows your lead and works to create a space where you can talk through what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and uses small practical exercises to shift unhelpful routines. It can help with anxiety, sleep issues, and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication, which can be useful for anger, relationship strain, and coping under stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match your goals, needs, and comfort. That may mean combining tools from different approaches and adjusting them as you go.

Confirm session options before you book since formats listed in the biography include video, phone, and text as ways she can interact. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into hectic schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove the need to travel to appointments. It can also let people use video to read visual cues or choose phone or text for simpler, lower-bandwidth conversations. Talk with the therapist while scheduling to decide which format will best fit your day-to-day life and therapeutic goals.