- Practical coping strategies
- Attachment informed care
- Focus on parenting
About Jennifer
Dr. Jennifer Cowen is a California-based psychologist with 23 years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, grief, and adoption and foster care concerns. She works with adults facing big life changes, relationship struggles, trauma, and issues like ADHD and attachment difficulties. Her tone in sessions is practical and respectful, and she aims to make each conversation feel clear and manageable.
Her background includes doctoral training at UCLA and postdoctoral work focused on early childhood. This shaped her interest in attachment, development, and caregiving stresses. She blends research-informed methods with thoughtful assessment to tailor care to each person's needs.
In sessions she listens closely, helps people name what matters most, and offers strategies to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. She draws on several therapeutic approaches to match the work to each concern, including tools for managing mood, building stronger relationships, and coping with change.
Jennifer has worked with neurodivergent adults, including people with ADHD and autism spectrum differences, and she integrates that experience into practical supports for daily life and relationships. She also addresses issues like body image, chronic illness, caregiver strain, and grief in ways that recognize real-world pressures.
Her style balances warmth and clarity. She helps people set goals, try new behaviors, and notice small shifts that add up over time. To begin, visitors follow the site’s matching steps and schedule a session that fits their timing.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when emotions are hard. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people shift how they relate to others and to themselves. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, listening stance where the therapist follows the client's lead and supports self-directed growth.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they will try strategies, check how things are going, and adjust the plan as needed.
Confirm the current session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific options here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing appointments during work breaks or evenings. It also lets people choose quieter times, use shorter check-ins when needed, and combine talk-based work with practical skills between sessions. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to help with mood, relationship patterns, parenting concerns, and coping with change.
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Experience
23+ years
Credentials
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does this therapist help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, trauma, grief, ADHD, relationship and family challenges, and adoption and foster care matters.
What is the therapeutic style like?
The approach is collaborative and down-to-earth, with a focus on listening, practical strategies, and clear goal-setting to reduce daily distress.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 23 years of clinical experience and completed doctoral training at UCLA with postdoctoral specialization in early childhood.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is licensed as CA Psychologist 30923 and practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.