- Values-based work
- Practical tools
- Collaborative style
About Jenna
Jenna Van Houten is an Ohio-based licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with six years of professional experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, trauma, and stress. Jenna also supports concerns around relationships, intimacy, parenting, addictions, and self-esteem. She lists adoption and foster care among her additional focuses.
Her sessions are conversational and down-to-earth. Jenna leans on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered work to guide conversations. She balances skill teaching with space to process feelings and life events.
Jenna often emphasizes practical growth rather than labels. She uses values-based work, mindful acceptance, and behavioral strategies to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding. Education and clear tools are a regular part of her work.
Before independent practice, much of her time was spent with youth and young adults, and with couples or families who experienced substance use, legal involvement, separation, or multiple traumas. That background informs her attention to safety, stress management, and relationship patterns.
She aims to build a genuine connection and to collaborate on goals. Jenna encourages honesty and awareness as the first steps toward change, and will refer to another therapist if a different match would better serve a person’s needs.
How Jenna’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, meaningful steps toward them while learning to notice painful thoughts without getting stuck. It can help with anxiety, depression, life changes, and questions about identity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers concrete tools to shift unhelpful patterns. This approach is useful for mood disorders, anxiety, and managing stress. Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust plans as progress unfolds. Confirm the session formats available before booking so you know how meetings will be held. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and let people join from a quieter or more convenient place. It also allows for shorter check-ins when needed and for working on skills between sessions to apply them in daily life.Areas of expertise
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Jenna help with?
She supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, trauma, stress, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, addictions, ADHD, and related mood or identity concerns. Adoption and foster care are listed as additional areas of focus.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is conversational and down-to-earth, mixing practical skill teaching with space to process feelings. She emphasizes honesty, values work, and collaborative goal-setting.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Jenna has six years of professional experience and prior clinical work with youth, young adults, and couples or families from high-risk backgrounds. That history shapes her attention to stress, trauma, and relationship patterns.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LPCC - licensed professional clinical counselor - practicing in Ohio. The profile reflects her credential as provided.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered for scheduling and meeting. The listing does not assume specific formats.
How does cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.