Jenise Aydell-Hontiveros, LCSW - Therapist in Louisiana

About Jenise

Jenise Aydell-Hontiveros is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 17 years of experience helping adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting or family concerns. She aims to make conversations straightforward and useful. Parents and caregivers often find her calm, practical style easy to work with when life feels overwhelming.

Sessions focus on clear goals and everyday steps that people can try between meetings. She trained in psychology at Southeastern Louisiana University and earned a Master of Social Work from Southern University of New Orleans.

Background and approach

Jenise blends client-centered care with evidence-based tools so people can find what helps them. Her work draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness to interrupt unhelpful thinking and build skills. When trauma or intense emotional pain comes up, she may use approaches such as dialectical behavior work or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to help process difficult memories and manage strong emotions.

She also supports people dealing with grief, relationship strain, life changes, chronic illness, and work or career worries. Jenise aims to listen without judgment and to offer straightforward feedback and practical techniques. She frames therapy as a collaborative process where the person seeking help shapes the goals.

Based in Louisiana, she works in English and offers a mixture of session formats to fit varied schedules. Her practice values pacing things to individual needs, focusing on skills people can use at home, and reviewing progress regularly. The emphasis is on finding workable changes that fit daily life rather than on jargon or long lectures.

How Jenise’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered work means the therapist follows the person’s lead and helps shape goals that matter to them. In practice this looks like listening first, then offering simple strategies and tools that match daily life and parenting demands.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood difficulties and includes concrete exercises to try between sessions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a structured method that can help process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity when trauma is a core issue.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on the person’s goals and comfort level. This collaborative process helps tailor treatment to parenting stresses, family problems, or personal mental health concerns.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let the therapist see interactions and emotional cues, while phone sessions remove the need for video. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coping reminders, or when someone needs support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into family life and other commitments.

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.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and family or parenting concerns along with anger, intimacy-related issues, and grief.

What is her general approach in sessions?

Sessions are client-centered and collaborative, using clear goals, practical exercises, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral techniques to build useful skills.

How much experience does she bring?

Jenise has 17 years of clinical experience working with adults on a broad range of life and mental health challenges.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Louisiana with license number LA LCSW 9861.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Also works with

Career difficulties
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with life changes
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Depression
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Family conflicts
Family problems
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Parenting issues
Post-traumatic stress
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 17 years
Licensed: Louisiana
Languages: English

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