About Jennifer
Jennifer Kempner greets visitors with a straightforward focus on everyday struggles. She helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career concerns, ADHD, and major life changes. Jennifer also supports people dealing with trauma, bipolar disorder, LGBT concerns, and those seeking greater self-love, forgiveness, or life purpose.
Jennifer brings 25 years of clinical experience to her work. She trained and practices as a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - and works with each person to identify practical next steps.
Background and approach
Sessions begin by talking about what brought the person to therapy and what they want to change. From there she helps set short-term and longer-term goals. Her style is warm and client-centered.
She listens first and then offers tools that match the person’s needs. That can include mindfulness exercises, techniques to change unhelpful thoughts, or strategies to clarify values and take action. Jennifer adapts methods to fit real life.
Sessions are straightforward and focused on what matters now. She emphasizes small, sustainable changes that fit a person’s daily routine. Jennifer works remotely with people based in New York and offers several ways to connect.
She communicates in English and uses a subscription model for scheduling and billing. To begin, people use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on identifying personal values and taking committed steps toward them while learning to live with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches concrete skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits. It often helps with anxiety, sleep problems, and mood regulation. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist follows the person’s lead and offers empathy to help clarify goals and choices.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jennifer will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and day-to-day life. She may blend approaches over time and will check in to make sure the plan feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions make regular care easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, progress notes, or homework between longer sessions. These options help people keep momentum and access therapy from different locations and schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Texas, New York, New Mexico
- Languages
- English