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Jennifer Cohen

Supportive family-focused LCSW

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
18 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Jennifer

Jennifer Cohen is a Florida-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 18 years of experience. She has worked in schools, foster care settings, and adoption agencies. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting questions, and family tensions.

Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping families and individuals manage everyday struggles. Jennifer listens first and asks clear questions to understand what matters most. She uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral methods to identify unhelpful thoughts and small behavior changes that make daily life easier.

Background and approach

She also draws on client-centered skills, offering a compassionate space where clients set the pace and goals. Her background includes work with youth, adults, and families across community and school settings. That experience informs her focus on communication problems, family conflicts, and young adult issues.

She also has specific experience related to adoption and foster care and to autism and Asperger syndrome. Sessions often cover parenting strategies, anger management, coping with life changes, and building self-esteem. Jennifer blends practical coaching with therapy to help clients practice new skills between visits.

She keeps sessions focused and action-oriented while staying responsive to each person’s needs. People who prefer clear steps, respectful listening, and tools they can try at home will likely feel comfortable here. Jennifer works in English and provides services to people located in Florida.

If someone wants a steady, goal-focused way to address family and parenting concerns, she offers an approachable path forward.

Therapeutic approaches for online family and parenting support

Client-centered therapy focuses on respectful listening and following the client’s pace. The therapist creates space for clients to describe what matters most and helps them set their own goals, which can be useful for family conversations and parenting concerns.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches simple techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, stress, and low mood.

Solution-focused therapy emphasizes small, practical changes and clear goals. It helps identify what is already working and builds on those strengths to make steady progress on specific problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer will collaborate with each client to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they shape a plan that feels manageable and relevant to family or parenting challenges.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to maintain continuity when life gets hectic. The variety of formats helps people access support in ways that match their comfort and routine.

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.

Solution-Focused Therapy

Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?
Jennifer works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting questions, relationship issues, anger, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and life changes. She also focuses on adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, communication problems, family problems, and young adult issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a practical, down-to-earth style that combines listening with active problem solving. Sessions mix supportive conversation with concrete steps clients can try between meetings.
What is her professional background?
Jennifer has 18 years of experience working with youth, adults, and families, including roles in public schools, foster care, and adoption agencies.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida with licence FL LCSW SW12261 and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported and are international clients served?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Appointments can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client’s preference.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

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Experience
18 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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