Jennifer Seward, LCSW

Jennifer Seward is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 20 years of clinical experience. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) along with other practical methods to help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and life changes.

She focuses on clear, down-to-earth work in sessions. Jennifer pays attention to how a person's environment affects daily life and functioning. She listens without judgment and helps people find straightforward solutions they can try between visits.

Her background includes long experience supporting people who have faced trauma, painful life events, and parenting challenges. She draws on a mix of approaches - including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - to match strategies to each person's needs.

Sessions aim to be honest and respectful while staying practical. Jennifer often combines skill-building work with exploration of relationship and attachment patterns when those issues come up. She also addresses concerns such as grief, addiction, sleep or eating problems, self-esteem, and career-related stress.

People who choose her work with someone who emphasizes usable tools and steady support. Her style is collaborative: she helps people set goals, try small changes, and track what works as life shifts and challenges arise.

How specific approaches translate to online therapy

Jennifer commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. ACT encourages noticing thoughts and values-driven action so people can build a meaningful life even when difficult feelings are present.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Jennifer works collaboratively to understand a person's goals, preferences, and daily context, and then suggests techniques to try. Clients and therapist review what helps and adjust the plan together over time.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone works well when bandwidth or camera use is a concern, live chat allows real-time shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and allow therapy to fit work, caregiving, or travel.