Jennifer Malkin
Compassionate, goal-focused counseling for practical change
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Connecticut, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Jennifer
Jennifer Malkin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who offers practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship problems, parenting questions, grief, or life changes. She writes in a straightforward way and focuses on clear goals and everyday skills. Jenn keeps sessions collaborative and direct, helping clients notice habits and try new behaviors that fit their values.
Her approach aims to make steady, useful progress rather than quick fixes.
Background and approach
Jenn trained in counseling and education and brings two decades of clinical experience to her work. She uses practical methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help with thoughts and emotions. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify what matters most, and on motivational interviewing when someone needs help finding the drive to change.
In sessions she emphasizes communication skills, boundary setting, and problem-solving. That often includes looking at family patterns, parenting roles, and how stress affects daily routines. Jenn supports people dealing with addiction, trauma, intimacy concerns, and mood conditions by focusing on concrete steps they can take between sessions.
She holds a master’s degree in counseling and earlier training in education and psychology. Her license details are SC LPC 8701 and CT LPC 001535. Jennifer works from South Carolina and conducts therapy in English.
Jenn describes therapy as a team effort. She clarifies goals, tracks progress, and asks clients to take active steps outside sessions. Practical tools, direct feedback, and consistent follow-through are central to her approach.
Online approaches that focus on clear steps and values
Jennifer uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood with step-by-step strategies. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another tool she uses to help clients clarify values and take meaningful action even when strong emotions are present. She also draws on mindfulness techniques to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will help clients weigh what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try approaches for a time, review results, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online therapy with Jennifer is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. These options let people connect from home, fit sessions around busy schedules, and use shorter check-ins or longer live appointments as needed. The variety of formats supports ongoing work while keeping therapy practical and accessible for everyday 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.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
Next step
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