Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
How Jennifer works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 19
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jennifer
Jennifer Thomas-Simmons is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 19 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and the everyday strains of parenting and relationships. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at helping people take small, practical steps toward feeling better.
In sessions she adapts conversations and plans to each person's situation. That might mean working on sleep and eating routines, coping strategies for mood swings, or steps to reduce anxiety and anger.
Background and approach
She also addresses grief, career strain, compassion fatigue, and issues that come with adoption or foster care. Jennifer uses familiar, evidence-informed approaches such as client-centered care, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused work. She encourages clear goals and practices that can be tried between sessions.
When helpful, she draws on dialectical behavior strategies to support emotion regulation and distress tolerance. People come to her for help with depression, bipolar mood concerns, panic and phobias, obsessive thoughts, and postpartum depression. She also supports those facing fertility or caregiver stress, feelings of emptiness, or problems with communication and control.
Sessions are offered in English and can be provided online in multiple formats. She emphasizes collaboration - clients and therapist plan goals together and adjust as needs change. Her approach aims to be practical, steady, and respectful of each person's pace.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Emptiness
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jennifer lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship so clients feel heard. This approach helps people clarify what matters most and guides how goals are set. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and improve mood.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, and then suggest techniques to try. Plans are adjusted over time so the work stays relevant and achievable.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style guidance, or when a written record of strategies is useful. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Jennifer
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, parenting strain, relationship problems, grief, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, and a range of mood and life-change challenges.
What is her therapeutic approach like?
Her work blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy, plus solution-focused strategies for short-term goals.
How long has she practiced?
She has 19 years of professional experience working with people on emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, FL LCSW, and practices from Florida.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are accepted, allowing people outside the U.S. to connect for sessions.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.