Jennifer (Jen) Sherman
Compassionate support for family and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Jennifer
Jennifer (Jen) Sherman is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina who focuses on family and parenting concerns along with stress, anxiety, mood issues, and trauma. She offers an approachable, honest style and aims to be an advocate and supporter for clients as they work through difficult times.
Jen brings warmth and a touch of humor to sessions to help people feel more at ease while tackling hard topics.
Background and approach
Her approach is interactive and practical. She listens first, then helps people learn skills to cope and make changes that matter in daily life. She uses straightforward tools to reduce anxiety, handle anger, improve self-esteem, and manage mood swings.
Sessions emphasize building useful habits and clearer communication. Jen draws on 12 years of experience in independent practice, university counseling, and school settings. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to shape treatment plans.
These methods help with grief, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and recovery from trauma and abuse. Her work also covers specific family-related topics such as blended family issues, family of origin concerns, communication problems, and caregiver stress. She helps with identity and relationship questions for LGBT clients and supports those coping with separation, domestic violence, or displacement from disasters.
Jen offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She holds NC LCMHC 10344 and tailors plans to each person’s needs.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while identifying values and taking small steps toward what matters. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioral experiments. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, and improving day-to-day coping skills.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening communication. It can help with anger, relationship problems, and mood regulation.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to choose approaches that match their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring to sessions. Plans are adjusted as needs change so the work stays practical and focused.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow repeat check-ins between live sessions, and offer different ways to connect based on comfort level. The variety helps people access consistent support from licensed professionals without needing to travel.
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
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
Next step
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