About Jennifer
Jennifer Gaeta is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to cope with life changes and compassion fatigue. Jennifer believes clients know their own stories and builds on their strengths to move toward clearer days.
Her approach is straightforward and respectful. She listens closely and helps people name what feels overwhelming.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through current struggles, identifying unhelpful patterns, and trying small changes that feel doable. Jennifer uses methods drawn from attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationships affect current feelings. She also draws on client-centered work to make the session feel collaborative and on cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge thoughts that heighten anxiety or depression.
These methods are mixed to fit each person’s needs. She also supports people dealing with body image concerns, communication problems, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose. Jennifer has experience with hospice and end-of-life counseling and can help with isolation and forgiveness issues.
Sessions are offered in English and Jennifer works with people in California and international clients. Her style is calm, direct, and practical, aimed at helping people regain steady footing and clearer perspective.
Approaches and online options that fit your life
Attachment-based work looks at important relationships and how they shape feelings and behavior today. It can help when past connections leave people feeling anxious, alone, or unsure about trust. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist - sessions are collaborative and paced by the client. This approach is useful for building self-understanding and confidence. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety and depression and includes concrete tools to practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer will listen to the client’s goals, preferences, and life circumstances and suggest which methods to emphasize. That choice is made together and can shift as needs change during therapy.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and varied needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates or ask quick questions between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel constraints while keeping continuity of care with a licensed professional.
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- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English