About Jenna
Jenna Shersky helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and low self-esteem. She also supports concerns around career pressure, chronic pain or illness, isolation, and women's issues. Jenna presents as calm and steady in session and focuses on practical steps people can try between meetings.
Jenna is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in New York with ten years of experience. She creates a straightforward space where people can name what’s hard and try approaches that fit their life.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and small, manageable changes. Her work often addresses the emotional impact of injury or illness, including traumatic brain injury and long-term health conditions. She helps people untangle family problems, work through feelings of emptiness, and practice self-compassion.
Conversations may include how to restore trust, handle forgiveness, or rebuild self-worth. Jenna uses a mix of practical strategies and close listening. She borrows tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to change unhelpful patterns.
She also brings a client-centered mindset and motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. People who meet with Jenna usually find a focused, collaborative process. She works with each person to set priorities and track progress over time.
Sessions aim to make daily life feel more manageable and generate steps toward the goals the client sets.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the person’s lead. The therapist offers empathy, reflects feelings, and helps clients set their own goals; this approach helps when someone needs to feel heard and understood.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and practicing small, concrete changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it breaks problems into manageable steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative work. The therapist will discuss which methods feel most useful and adjust over time based on goals and what the client learns in sessions. This means plans can change if something isn’t helping.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, follow-up notes, or when writing feels like a better way to process thoughts. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English