Jennifer Howard
Compassionate skill-building for life transitions
LMHC Indiana
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Jennifer
Jennifer Howard is an Indiana-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression.
Background and approach
She centers the client’s own knowledge and strengths, viewing each person as the expert on their life while offering guidance to identify patterns that get in the way of wellbeing. Her work includes addressing attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, communication difficulties, codependency, and challenges tied to family of origin and divorce.
Jennifer integrates practical, evidence-informed methods to help clients build skills and gain clarity about their goals. Her approach emphasizes compassionate support and collaborative problem solving so clients can take meaningful steps toward change.
With six years of clinical experience and a commitment to empowering clients, she seeks to create an environment that encourages exploration, skill-building, and renewed perspective on life purpose, forgiveness, and managing guilt or isolation.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online support
Jennifer commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) when working with stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and patterns that maintain distress. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete skills for managing symptoms and improving daily functioning. ACT emphasizes values-driven action and learning to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings, helping people pursue meaningful goals even when discomfort is present.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and presenting concerns, adjusting the mix of skill-building, mindfulness, or values work as needed so the plan fits the individual.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make scheduling more flexible and reduce travel barriers. These formats support ongoing skill practice between sessions and provide multiple ways to connect based on what feels most workable for the client.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Licensed
Indiana
Languages
English