Therapist profile
Jennifer Thomas-Simmons, LCSW
LCSW focusing on parenting and mood concerns
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- Client-centered work
- Cognitive behavioral tools
- Solution-focused goals
About Jennifer
Jennifer Thomas-Simmons is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida with 19 years of professional experience. She works with adults who are managing stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, depression, and life changes. Jennifer also addresses issues like grief, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Her style centers on practical conversation and collaborative planning. She listens to what feels most urgent and helps people set small, realistic steps forward. Sessions focus on clear tools and thought patterns that affect daily life, rather than abstract theory.
Jennifer uses methods drawn from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to make sense of unhelpful thoughts and reactions. She also integrates elements of dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation and solution-focused techniques for short-term goals. Those approaches guide how she helps people manage mood, panic, and relationship strain at home.
She has particular experience with parenting stress, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver strain, fertility and postpartum challenges, and relationship communication problems. She is also available to work with people dealing with bipolar mood concerns, obsessions and compulsions, phobias, and panic attacks.
Sessions are conducted in English and she accepts international clients. Before booking, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling details using the site's matching tools.
How sessions work
How Jennifer uses evidence-based approaches in remote sessions
Jennifer often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change thinking patterns that feed anxiety, depression, or unhelpful reactions at home. CBT focuses on noticing triggers and practicing new responses to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the conversation focused on each person's priorities. That approach emphasizes listening, reflecting, and letting the client's goals shape the work rather than following a rigid script.
Finding the right approach is part of the early work. Jennifer reviews a person’s needs and goals and then suggests which methods to emphasize. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are expected as progress and preferences become clearer.
Session format details are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer sessions across time zones for international clients. Licensed professionals can adapt tools from CBT and client-centered work to these settings to keep the focus practical and goal oriented.
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Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, grief, and postpartum concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach emphasizes practical conversation and collaborative planning. She uses client-centered listening alongside concrete tools from CBT and DBT to address everyday problems.
How much experience does she have?
She has 19 years of professional experience working in behavioral health settings and with adults on parenting and mood-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida. Her practice location is listed as Florida.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She accepts international clients. Ask through the matching process about any time zone or licensing considerations before booking.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Check the platform's payment details for precise rates.
What do I do to begin sessions?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
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