Therapist profile
Jennifer Linarello, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Family and parenting concerns
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- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practice
- Emotion regulation
About Jennifer
Jennifer Linarello is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Indiana with 23 years of experience. She works with adults who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, parenting strain, relationship or intimacy concerns, and issues related to attention and mood. She also assists people facing career shifts, caregiving stress, and recovery from addiction.
Jennifer draws on practical, person-focused work in sessions. She uses client-centered methods to build rapport and identify strengths. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Mindfulness tools and emotion regulation skills are part of her regular approach.
Her background includes long-term clinical practice across many concerns that touch family life. She has experience with adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, attachment concerns, and family-of-origin dynamics. She also addresses aging and caregiver stress, body image, and coping after natural or human-caused disasters.
Sessions often focus on clear goals and measurable steps. That can mean breaking problems into manageable parts, practicing new skills between meetings, and reviewing what worked. Jennifer uses tools from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when emotion regulation or relational patterns are central.
People who reach out can expect straightforward conversation and concrete strategies. She helps adults sort through immediate problems and plan next steps for ongoing challenges. To start, clients follow the site process to match and schedule a first session.
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How her approaches are used in online sessions
Jennifer commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on what matters most to the individual. This approach involves listening carefully, reflecting concerns back, and helping the client identify strengths they can use to cope with stress, parenting strain, or relationship challenges. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves setting clear goals, trying small experiments between sessions, and tracking progress to reduce anxiety, depression, or sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills appear when emotion regulation, intense reactions, or interpersonal conflicts are central. DBT gives concrete skills for managing strong feelings, improving communication, and tolerating distress without making things worse. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Jennifer will collaborate with the client to decide which approaches suit their goals and preferences. That means checking in about what feels helpful, adjusting strategies, and agreeing on practical next steps together. Session format details are not listed in the biography, so confirm the available online options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into daily life because they reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins around work or caregiving, and make it simpler to use mindfulness or behavior experiments between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, DBT, and client-centered techniques effectively in remote sessions when those formats are agreed on.Areas of focus
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Experience
23+ years
Listed in
Indiana
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she address related to family?
She helps adults with family problems, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and family-of-origin matters.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style centers on client-centered work and strengths. She focuses on building rapport and identifying practical steps forward.
How many years has she been practicing?
She has 23 years of counseling experience working with a wide range of concerns related to mood, relationships, and life changes.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Indiana.
Can non-US or international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Current session formats are not specified here; please confirm which formats are offered before booking.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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