Jennifer Brown , LICSW

Jennifer Brown is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), a credential that indicates advanced training and independent clinical practice in social work. She earned a master’s degree from Columbia University in New York and began her clinical career working in psychiatric emergency rooms and on inpatient psychiatric units, experiences that shaped her understanding of acute care and crisis response.

Over the past nine years she has provided outpatient therapy for individuals, couples, and families, developing particular expertise in communication-focused work with partners and loved ones. She approaches relationships with curiosity about how people interpret shared events and emphasizes how changing communication patterns can transform interactions and outcomes. Her clinical caseload has included anxiety, PTSD, depression, parenting and co-parenting challenges, gender-related concerns, and other mood and relational issues.

Jennifer uses an eclectic, individualized approach rather than a one-size-fits-all model. She integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and psychodynamic ideas to match interventions to each person’s needs. She values serving as an unbiased, thoughtful sounding board for clients and believes that introducing an outside perspective can open the way for meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Jennifer Brown draws on evidence-informed methods to address emotional and relational concerns in an online format. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to improve day-to-day functioning. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be especially helpful for intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and impulsive behaviors. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early caregiving patterns shape current relationship dynamics and can help people understand and shift patterns that undermine intimacy and trust.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Jennifer works with each person to clarify goals, preferences, and needs, and then tailors techniques from these approaches so the work feels relevant and practical. Clients and the therapist reassess progress together and adjust the plan as needed.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in this work. Sessions by video or phone provide real-time conversation similar to in-person meetings, while live chat and text-based messaging allow for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to access licensed professionals from different locations.