Jennifer Battaglino, LCSW

Jennifer Battaglino is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and career concerns. She works with issues around family and parenting, and helps clients build self-esteem and confidence. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at practical change rather than jargon. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with client-centered and solution-focused methods to create clear, usable steps people can try between sessions. Jennifer also draws on psychodynamic ideas and hypnotherapy when a deeper look at patterns or habits feels helpful. Sessions focus on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, then testing small changes that can ease day-to-day life. Jennifer emphasizes collaboration. She listens first, then tailors plans to each person’s goals and rhythms. Conversations might include skills practice, goal-setting, or brief experiments to see what works in real life. The pace and tools are adjusted so progress feels manageable. People often come to her for panic attacks, social anxiety, caregiving stress, or major life transitions like divorce or midlife reassessment. She also supports those reckoning with attachment wounds, guilt, or chronic illness and disability-related strain. Practical problem solving and emotional understanding are combined in sessions. Her approach is steady and grounded. She encourages small steps, clearer communication, and realistic goal-setting so people can notice change over weeks and months. Jennifer accepts clients internationally and conducts sessions in English.

How Jennifer works online with practical therapy approaches

Jennifer commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test out new behaviors. CBT focuses on small, concrete experiments and skills people can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety or improve mood.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which centers the person's priorities and pace. This approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and shaping the work around what matters most to the individual. When people want focused, short-term change, she brings in solution-focused techniques to set clear goals and try targeted steps right away.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is a shared process. Jennifer starts by understanding your goals, worries, and daily routines, and then suggests a mix of methods. Together you can adjust direction over time so the plan fits your needs and preferences.

Online therapy with her is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone can be lower bandwidth, chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when scheduling is tight. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.