Jennifer LaPenta

Jennifer LaPenta is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 19 years of clinical experience. She brings a warm, collaborative style to sessions and helps people navigate grief, stress, anxiety, and major life changes. Her approach is practical and strengths-focused, so clients leave with concrete tools to try between visits.

Jennifer uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs. She works with client-centered methods to understand what matters most to the individual. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and solution-focused steps to set clear, achievable goals.

Her practice includes support for grief and end-of-life concerns, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, and family-of-origin themes. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related worries, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. Jennifer aims to make sessions feel like a steady place to sort through feelings and plan next steps.

With nearly two decades of experience, she blends practical techniques with time to listen. Sessions focus on real-world coping skills, examining thoughts that drive feelings, and creating small changes that build over time. The goal is to help people feel more capable of handling daily stresses and long-term transitions.

Jennifer practices in Connecticut and works in English. She accepts international clients through the practice process. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session based on availability.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and values. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, building sessions around their priorities and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it helps people identify thinking patterns that increase anxiety or low mood and practice small behavior changes to feel better.

Choosing an approach is a joint process. Jennifer will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean starting with supportive listening and then introducing CBT strategies or solution-focused steps as progress is made. The plan is revisited over time so the approach stays aligned with what’s working.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to continue care during big transitions. Because session formats are not specified here, confirm current session options before booking. Many people find that remote sessions reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let them schedule meetings around work or caregiving duties. Therapists help clients adapt techniques like thought records, behavioral experiments, and narrative work to an online setting so practical skills can be practiced between visits.