Jennifer Plesz

Compassionate counselor guiding practical change

LPC Michigan

Experience: 5 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Career, Depression
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English

About Jennifer

Jennifer Plesz is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan who brings five years of clinical experience to her work. She combines personal insight with formal training in rehabilitation counseling to support clients navigating mood challenges, stress, life transitions, and relationship concerns.

Background and approach

Her background includes a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Wayne State University and practical experience addressing a broad set of issues such as depression, anxiety, career and academic concerns, and grief. Her style blends evidence-informed strategies including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and existential approaches.

This range allows her to tailor sessions to a client’s goals, whether that involves improving communication, coping with trauma or abuse, addressing intimacy-related issues, or working through family of origin and adoption-related matters. She offers individual, couples, and family services and attends to additional focus areas like autism spectrum considerations, caregiver stress, body image, and codependency.

Jennifer works in English and provides flexible session formats to fit varied schedules and preferences.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Jennifer commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to support practical coping skills. ACT emphasizes values-driven action and learning to accept difficult internal experiences while committing to meaningful life changes, which can be helpful for stress, life transitions, and persistent mood concerns.

Finding the right combination of approaches is treated as a collaborative process. She works with each person to explore goals, preferences, and which methods feel most helpful, adjusting the plan as progress is made so the work aligns with the client’s priorities.

Practically, online therapy through her practice offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and access care from different locations within Michigan. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and communication styles to each format so clients can continue therapeutic progress even when meeting remotely.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?

Jennifer works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, career and academic issues, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and bipolar-related challenges.

What is her therapeutic approach and style?

Her approach is collaborative and eclectic, integrating methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to match client needs and goals.

How much experience does she have?

She has five years of professional experience working with clients on a variety of mental health and life concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

Jennifer holds the LPC credential with license number MI LPC 6401017591 and provides services while practicing in Michigan.

Does she offer services in languages other than English or to international clients?

Services are provided in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

Which session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.

How is payment or cost handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are required to begin working with her?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyCareer difficultiesDepression Coping with life changesCoaching

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse GriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorder

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAutism and Asperger SyndromeBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedImmigration issuesIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMood disorders

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Michigan

Languages

English