Jennifer Thomas-Simmons, LCSW - Therapist in Florida

About Jennifer

Jennifer Thomas-Simmons is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience. She uses a warm, respectful approach and focuses on practical steps people can use to manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, grief, mood concerns, and life transitions. Conversations are tailored to each person and their situation.

She aims to support and empower people as they make changes in their lives. Her way of working centers on clear goals and everyday strategies.

Background and approach

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking and develop new habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools are used when emotion regulation and coping skills are needed. Solution-Focused techniques keep sessions directed toward immediate, achievable changes.

Jennifer also practices Client-Centered Therapy, listening closely and adapting the pace to the client. She combines those methods to address issues such as sleep, eating concerns, self-esteem, career stress, compassion fatigue, and attention challenges. Practical skills and small experiments between sessions are common parts of the plan.

Her background includes supporting people through adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, fertility and postpartum concerns, and relationship and communication problems. She works with people facing isolation, guilt, obsessive or compulsive patterns, panic, phobias, and bipolar mood challenges. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

Jennifer practices from Florida and focuses on creating a steady, understandable path forward for each person.

How shown approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy is all about listening and shaping sessions to what matters most to the person. Online sessions let the therapist respond to each client's pace and preferences while focusing on the issues the client brings up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and habits that keep problems going and testing new behaviors. In an online setting CBT often includes short exercises, worksheets, and practical homework to try between video or phone sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose methods that match a client's needs, goals, and comfort level. That choice can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage appointments from different locations, and use shorter check-ins or longer sessions as needed. The variety supports consistency and makes it simpler to keep working on goals even when life gets busy.

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 concerns can be addressed in sessions?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, grief, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include mood disorders, ADHD, sleep and eating issues, and relationship and communication problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She blends client-centered listening with practical methods like CBT and DBT. Sessions are focused on skills, problem solving, and small steps clients can try between visits.

How much experience does she have?

She has 19 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and life concerns. That experience informs a pragmatic approach to treatment planning and skill teaching.

What credentials and location information are provided?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in Florida with licence number FL LCSW SW7087. Her practice is based in Florida.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English. She also accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. This variety lets clients pick what fits their needs and schedule.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on the subscription chosen.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that, schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Parenting issues
Depression

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 19 years
Licensed: Florida
Languages: English

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