About Jennifer
Jennifer McCann is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and grief. She speaks English and American Sign Language and can meet with clients who use ASL. Jennifer has 22 years of clinical experience and practices from Maine.
She uses a straightforward, strengths-based approach that centers the person in the room. Sessions focus on what is most pressing and practical.
Background and approach
Jennifer listens for existing skills and builds on them to make change more manageable. Her work draws on client-centered therapy to keep conversations focused on each person's goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way.
Mindfulness methods are used to help people manage intense emotions and stay grounded between sessions. Jennifer supports people coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, ADHD, chronic illness and disability, and issues tied to gender, sexual identity, and alternative sexual cultures. She also addresses caregiver stress, communication problems, domestic violence concerns, and first responder issues.
In sessions she aims for warmth and directness. Clients and therapist set a simple plan together. That plan is adjusted as needs shift and progress is made.
If someone prefers working in American Sign Language, that option is available. Jennifer combines practical tools with a calm, patient style to help people move forward one step at a time.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's goals and strengths and keeps conversations grounded in what matters most. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to talk and build personal resources. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and actions, and it provides concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood, and coping with life stresses. Trauma-focused therapy helps people process difficult events with careful pacing and safety checks, and it can reduce the intensity of trauma-related reactions.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose and adapt methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are revisited as progress is made and circumstances change.
Online formats - video, phone, live chat, and text messaging - offer practical flexibility. Video calls 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 support shorter check-ins, written reflection, and flexible scheduling across the day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into busy lives.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English, American Sign Language