Jennifer Forbes, LPC

Jennifer Forbes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia. She has seven years of professional experience helping people face stress, anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. Jennifer focuses on practical steps people can use right away rather than long explanations. She emphasizes strengths and collaboration in early sessions.

Her approach starts with listening to each person's story and identifying achievable goals. Jennifer uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills. She also draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on the client's priorities and values.

Jennifer works with people dealing with family conflict, relationship strain, parenting stresses, and workplace pressure. She supports those coping with eating and body image concerns, addictions, and mood disorders including bipolar disorder. Trauma, grief, ADHD, anger, and compassion fatigue are also within her focus areas.

Sessions tend to be practical and skill-focused, with time spent on tools to manage anxiety, mood shifts, and compulsive behaviors. Jennifer offers space to talk through painful experiences and to practice new strategies between meetings. Her style is warm, direct, and goal-oriented.

She also addresses issues related to prejudice and LGBT concerns, seasonal changes in mood, and self-harm thoughts with care and attention to safety. People who want clear steps and steady support may find her approach helpful.

How CBT, DBT, and Client-Centered Work Online

Jennifer commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought and behavior patterns that worsen anxiety or low mood. CBT breaks problems into small steps so people can practice new ways of thinking and reacting between sessions.

She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when intense emotions or self-harm urges occur. DBT teaches ways to tolerate distress, regulate emotion, and improve relationships through specific coping techniques. Client-centered methods shape the work around each person’s priorities and lived experience, keeping sessions focused on what matters most to the client.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your concerns and goals, then suggest techniques from these approaches that match your needs. You and the therapist adjust the plan as progress is made and priorities change.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations of skills, phone sessions can fit into a short break, and chat or messaging is useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.