Jeffrey "Jeff" Widenhofer
Practical support for family and life changes
- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed in
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Jeffrey
Jeffrey "Jeff" Widenhofer welcomes people who are trying to manage stress, anxiety, relationship tensions, grief, parenting questions, or difficult life changes. He is a licensed clinical social worker in Colorado and brings three years of professional practice to each session. Jeff uses a straightforward, respectful way of working that treats the person in front of him as the expert on their life.
In sessions he focuses on practical steps and clearer communication.
Background and approach
He helps people name what feels hard, notice patterns that keep problems repeating, and try small changes that add up over time. He also provides support around trauma, abuse, intimacy-related concerns, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue. His background includes approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Jeff draws on those methods to tailor sessions to a person’s situation and goals. He speaks plainly and aims to make strategies easy to use between visits. Jeff values collaboration and a gentle push toward action.
He encourages clients to build on their strengths and to practice skills that reduce worry and improve relationships. His work can include coping tools for crisis moments and steady plans for longer term change. Jeff is licensed as an LCSW, CSW in Colorado.
Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled through the platform’s matching and booking process.
Therapeutic approaches and remote care
Jeff uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while moving toward what matters to them; this approach is useful for stress, anxiety, and making values-based choices. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a method that looks at thoughts and behaviors together and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jeff will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to create flexibility around work, family, and location. These formats let people check in between sessions, practice skills in real life, and schedule care without extra travel. Jeff aims to make remote therapy practical and easy to fit into a busy life.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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