Jennifer Simmons
She/Her/Hers
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCShe/Her/Hers
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCJennifer Simmons is a Licensed Professional Counselor located in Durham, CT. She provinces compassionate mental health services. Many of her clients seek support as they transition into new life stages. This includes beginning or finishing college, starting a new career, moving to a new place, growing a family, or developing or ending a relationship. She helps her clients move past anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, parenting issues, and more.
Jennifer believes that every one of her clients has the best intentions as they go through their daily routines and that they’re innately good people. She practices a strengths-based style of therapy, which leverages the client’s unique strengths in their treatment. She teaches clients about the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She also incorporates mindfulness practices in therapy sessions to increase the client’s self-awareness. Her style is empathetic and encouraging.
Jennifer earned her Master’s degree in Counseling from Central Connecticut State University. She has over 10 years of experience supporting clients, including working with college students as they navigate their academic and personal lives. She enjoys working with clients from diverse backgrounds and creates a safe, open-minded environment in her sessions.
Adolescent mental health - Working with adolescents, teenagers, and parents on social, academic, and/or emotional challenges throughout teenage years; addressing anxiety, family conflicts, peer relationships, school stress, transition to college, social media pressures, self-esteem, hopelessness about the future, emotional disregulation
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
College & graduate student mental health - Specialized strategies for common issues of young adulthood, including school and career stressors, support around healthy relationships, existential concerns, drug or alcohol issues, eating disorders, and anxiety and/or depression.
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
Years of Experience: 12 years
InLight Professional Counseling Services, Licensed Professional Counselor, 2021 - 2022
Hartford Public Schools, District School Counselor Lead, 2016 - 2021
BetterHelp Online Counseling, Licensed Professional Counselor, 2020 - 2021
Hartford Public Schools, School Counselor Lead, 2014 - 2016
New Haven Public School, School Counselor, 2011 - 2014
Central Connecticut State University, MS Counseling, 2011
Southern Connecticut State University, BA Psychology, 2007
Connecticut: 003733
English
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