About Jennifer
Jennifer Wiss is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and major life changes. She works with clients on issues such as addiction, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, anger, self-esteem, and career stress.
Jennifer brings a calm, straightforward approach and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for worried parents and adults alike. She has practiced social work for nine years across Washington, Oregon, and Utah.
Background and approach
Her Master’s in Social Work is from Eastern Washington University. In addition to direct client work, she supervises a team of clinicians and supports individuals pursuing licensure. Jennifer’s background includes working in homes, community settings, and schools.
She has experience with families involved with the child welfare system and has helped people dealing with blended family issues, divorce and separation, codependency, and attachment concerns. She often focuses on practical skills for communication and coping. In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused techniques.
She treats therapy as a partnership and uses tools chosen to fit a person’s life and goals. Goals are set in small, realistic steps and adjusted as progress is made. Jennifer describes herself as open-minded and non-judgmental.
She aims to create a supportive space where people feel heard and can work toward clearer priorities. She is based in Washington and offers several online session formats to suit different schedules.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings and still move toward what matters to them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes by focusing on values and small action steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, mood issues, and coping with stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals and preferences and suggest approaches that fit the situation. Clients try strategies and give feedback so the plan can be adapted over time in a collaborative way.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and exercises that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a lunch break. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates, ask quick questions, or reflect between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy family schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Oregon, Utah
- Languages
- English