About Jennifer
Jennifer Christensen is a licensed clinical social worker in Utah who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and concerns about self-esteem. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Her approach aims to make day-to-day life feel more manageable so people can move toward the changes they want.
Jennifer likes to build on a person’s strengths and life story rather than starting from scratch.
Background and approach
She uses goal-focused methods and teaches skills people can use right away. Sessions typically include clear steps to practice, moments to reflect, and planning for what to try between meetings. Her background includes five years of clinical practice combined with broader social work experience in schools and community settings.
That mix shapes her view of problems as connected to relationships, routines, and resources. She brings practical ideas from that work into talks with clients. Common areas she addresses include attachment and family of origin issues, blended family challenges, communication problems, grief around separation or divorce, and healing from sexual assault and other trauma.
She also supports people dealing with seasonal mood shifts, self-harm urges, and feelings of shame or isolation. Therapeutic tools Jennifer commonly uses include skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness practices, emotionally focused work around relationships, and EMDR for processing trauma. She works in English and provides sessions in a range of online formats to fit different schedules.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on teaching emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness skills. It helps when emotions feel overwhelming or relationships repeatedly cause pain.Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on clarifying emotions and improving connection in close relationships. It is useful when people want to understand patterns in their relationships and build more stable bonds.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a method used to process traumatic memories so they feel less overwhelming. It can be helpful for people coping with post-traumatic stress and intense reactions tied to past events.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jennifer will talk with each person about their goals and needs, then suggest approaches to try. Choosing methods is a collaborative process and can change over time as goals shift.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video is often chosen for deeper conversations and interactive skill teaching. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, pacing support across the week, or hands-on coaching between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English