Jocelyn Pettenato
Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions
LCSW Connecticut
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Jocelyn
Jocelyn Pettenato is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of clinical experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, sleep problems, and addiction-related issues.
Background and approach
She draws on a broad range of approaches to tailor care for clients wrestling with parenting and family challenges, anger and self-esteem difficulties, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other complex life changes. Her work emphasizes a client-centered, collaborative process in which the therapeutic relationship guides treatment choices.
Jocelyn integrates methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and EMDR to address both present symptoms and the impact of past experiences. She attends to the whole person by recognizing connections among emotional, physical, and relational concerns.
Licensed to practice in Connecticut and New York, Jocelyn aims to help clients build practical skills, develop new perspectives, and move toward meaningful, sustainable change. She frames therapy as a partnership focused on healing past wounds, improving day-to-day functioning, and preparing for future challenges with increased resilience.
Approaches for Online Work and How They Help
Jocelyn commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in online work. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances. ACT emphasizes values-driven action and acceptance strategies to help people respond differently to difficult thoughts and emotions while pursuing meaningful goals.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Jocelyn approaches that task collaboratively. She will work with each client to discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, blending techniques as needed so the plan fits individual needs rather than following a single method rigidly.
Online therapy with Jocelyn is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These options make it possible to schedule sessions around work, family, and other commitments, and to continue therapeutic work when in-person meetings are not practical. The variety of formats also allows clients to use the mode of communication that feels most comfortable for discussing sensitive topics or practicing new skills.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
New York, Connecticut
Languages
English