Jennifer Eklund

Jennifer Eklund is a Licensed Independent Social Worker-Clinical Practitioner (LISW-CP) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and career concerns. She aims to build a solid rapport first, then choose an approach that fits each person's needs. Jennifer uses a straightforward, compassionate style and prefers clear, honest conversation.

Jennifer earned her master's degree from The Ohio State University and a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University. She has nine years of clinical experience and a longer history as a social worker in settings that included hospice and family services. That background informs her work with grief, caregiver stress, and end-of-life concerns as well as workplace and family problems.

Her practice draws on client-centered methods to keep the person’s goals central. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness tools help with emotion regulation and stress management.

Jennifer describes herself as honest, attentive, and energetic. She listens carefully to each person’s story and looks at issues from different angles to weigh pros and cons. She adapts the approach based on what the person needs in the moment.

She is available in the evenings and on weekends more often, and she checks messages at least once on weekdays. Jennifer works with people on a range of concerns including ADHD, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Jennifer often uses client-centered therapy to keep the person’s goals front and center. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people name what matters to them so sessions stay relevant to everyday problems like work stress or relationship strain. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and habits and to try small experiments that change behavior. That approach is useful for anxiety, sleep difficulties, and coping with change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jennifer collaborates with each person to decide what methods fit their goals and preferences. She adjusts tools over time, combining techniques as needed so the plan stays practical and grounded in real-life steps.

Her biography notes she connects by video and can interact by phone or text as well. Check the current session options before booking to confirm which formats are available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when you only need a brief update, and remove travel time so sessions can happen around work or caregiving responsibilities.