About Jennifer
Jennifer "Jenna" Nevins helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and relationship or parenting concerns. She is a licensed mental health counselor - LMHC practicing in Iowa. Jenna focuses on building a steady, trusting relationship first so people feel safe to talk about what matters most.
She keeps conversations simple and direct. Sessions often begin with what feels most pressing and move toward understanding where symptoms come from.
Background and approach
Jenna uses practical tools as well as reflective talk so people leave with clearer coping steps they can try between sessions. Jenna blends person-centered ideas with reality/choice perspectives. That means she listens for what matters to each person and also helps them notice choices that can change daily life.
She draws from techniques in cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and EMDR when those tools fit a client's needs. Her work includes supporting people through trauma and abuse, grief, caregiving stress, chronic illness, adoption and foster care questions, and identity concerns including LGBT issues. She also helps people who face attachment, dissociation, or co-occurring challenges find steady ground.
With five years of clinical experience, Jenna aims for sessions that feel collaborative and practical. She encourages curiosity rather than pressure, and she helps clients reroute when a plan needs changing. The goal is clearer understanding and workable steps forward, taken at a person’s own pace.
How therapeutic approaches work in online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people notice patterns in how they connect or pull away and practice different ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.Client-centered therapy centers the person's own experience and pace. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what they hear, and supports clients in naming needs and making choices rather than imposing a plan.
Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavior changes to alter mood and stress. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing everyday symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That may mean trying a few techniques and adjusting what is used over time so the plan matches what actually helps.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for short check-ins, skills practice, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English