About Jennifer
Jennifer Visconti is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life changes. She also supports those dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Jennifer works in New York and brings a direct, respectful approach to each conversation.
Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps that clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She uses straightforward language and avoids labels that feel shameful or limiting. Jennifer draws from several therapy styles to match each person's needs. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify patterns that cause distress, client-centered listening to reflect what matters most to the person, and acceptance and commitment strategies to help someone act in line with their values.
Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are also part of her approach when helpful. Before becoming an LMHC Jennifer worked in settings that included correctional care, where she supported people with severe mental health needs, substance use, and anger management. That background influences her calm, practical way of working today.
Sessions aim to build on a person’s strengths and to create small, manageable changes. Jennifer encourages collaboration: she listens, offers options, and helps people choose what fits their life. She notes that reaching out takes courage and is prepared to support each step forward.
How Jennifer blends practical approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting ruled by them and then take small steps that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where action matters more than perfect thinking. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own priorities and pacing, with the therapist offering attentive listening and reflection to help clarify what matters most.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then try methods together. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to each person’s needs rather than forcing a single technique.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are helpful for longer sessions and face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, practical coaching, or when a flexible, written format fits a person’s schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping the focus on steady progress and practical change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English