Therapist profile
Jennifer Brown, LCSW
Missouri
LCSW - Anxiety and Codependency support
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Missouri / 1999135379; LCSW, Indiana / 34004586A; LICSW, New Hampshire / 2958; LICSW, Washington / LW61457475; LCSW, Illinois / 149.028561
- NPI
- 1396271664
- Experience
- 24 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Missouri
About
- Anxiety management
- Codependency concerns
- Trauma recovery tools
About Jennifer
Jennifer Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of practice. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, parenting strain, relationship struggles, and codependency concerns.
She uses a straightforward, interactive style in sessions. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on practical steps that reduce overwhelm. Jennifer helps people name patterns that keep them stuck and try small changes that make daily life easier.
Her background includes long experience helping people cope after trauma and during big life changes. She blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. That mix is aimed at improving mood, managing intense emotions, and changing unhelpful thinking.
Jennifer also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods. Those approaches are useful when someone wants clearer goals, routines, or a plan for difficult conversations. She supports people who feel stuck in caretaking roles or who have trouble saying no.
Sessions often include skill practice, short-term problem solving, and revisiting what's working. Jennifer encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes. If you are juggling parenting, work, or caregiving responsibilities, she helps fit therapeutic work into your real life.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Jennifer uses client-centered methods that focus on listening and understanding each person's experience. That approach helps identify what matters most, whether that's boundary-setting, managing caretaking roles, or coping with loneliness.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change them. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and codependency patterns where repeated thoughts drive behavior. Dialectical behavior therapy offers emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for intense feelings or crisis moments and can be paired with CBT tools.
Choosing which approach to emphasize is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan as needed. That makes sessions responsive to changing needs rather than fixed from the start.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or parenting schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to travel. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT exercises to an online setting so work continues between sessions.
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Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
24+ years
Listed in
Missouri, Indiana, New Hampshire, Washington, Illinois
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, depression, parenting strain, relationship and codependency concerns, and related problems listed in her profile.
What is her therapy style like?
She describes an interactive, client-centered style that combines listening with practical tools from CBT and DBT to manage feelings and change patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 24 years of experience in mental health practice working with a wide range of adult concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and Missouri and practices from Missouri.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.