Works with
- Anger
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
How Jennifer works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jennifer
Jennifer Forbes is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 14 years of clinical experience. She founded Seed of Hope Counseling Services after training at Northern Illinois University and has worked across nonprofit and personal settings in Illinois. Jennifer directs programs and has contributed to community initiatives addressing crisis and trauma.
Her work focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She listens to each person’s story and helps identify realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often include straightforward strategies for stress, anger, anxiety, and relationship problems. Jennifer draws on approaches that center the client’s perspective and emphasize change. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to each person.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Her background includes program development, consultation, and participation on clinical committees in Illinois. Jennifer has led teams and helped agencies start crisis and trauma services.
This experience informs how she organizes care and supports people during hard transitions. Clients can expect a calm, direct style that blends listening with practical tools. Jennifer also works with concerns like parenting, grief, addictions, sleep problems, career shifts, and self-esteem.
She offers multiple session formats to fit different schedules and needs.
What Jennifer works with
Everything Jennifer lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jennifer's practice.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jennifer lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy starts by putting the person's concerns at the center of the conversation. The therapist listens, reflects what she hears, and follows the client's lead to set goals and topics for change. This approach is helpful for people wanting a collaborative, empathetic space to talk through problems.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In sessions she helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavior changes to see what works. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest ways to combine methods. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people connect face-to-face when they can set aside time, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or hands-free conversation is needed, and live chat or text messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life.
Questions people ask about Jennifer
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She addresses mood and life stressors such as anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and parenting concerns, addictions, sleep problems, and career or identity changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is listening-first and goal-focused. Sessions combine empathetic listening with practical skills drawn from client-centered and solution-focused work.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of experience, has led program development, and served on clinical committees related to behavioral health and crisis services in Illinois.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - licensed in Illinois and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and routines.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.