Jennifer Kempner, LCSW

Jennifer Kempner is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She practices in New York and works with concerns like stress, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, sleep problems, ADHD, and issues related to identity and intimacy. Jennifer aims to make the first contact straightforward and welcoming.

Sessions begin with a simple conversation about what brought someone to therapy. Jennifer uses that conversation to set a short-term goal and a longer-term plan that feels realistic. Her style centers on listening and responding to each person’s priorities.

Her clinical work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and client-centered approaches. She also uses mindfulness and solution-focused techniques when they fit a person’s goals. Jennifer combines practical skill-building with attention to values and meaning.

In a typical session she will help people notice patterns of thought and behavior, try small experiments, and practice new ways of coping between sessions. She explains strategies in plain language and offers tools people can use right away.

People looking for help with forgiveness, life purpose, or self-love will find these topics part of the work when they’re important. Jennifer keeps plans flexible and reviews progress regularly so goals can be adjusted as needed.

Approach and online therapy options

Jennifer often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try practical experiments that change behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing day-to-day stress.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and to build skills for acting on those values even when emotions are difficult. ACT is helpful for coping with chronic difficult feelings and making purposeful changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, listen to a person’s preferences and goals, and then recommend techniques to try. This collaboration lets the plan change as needs evolve.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversation and demonstrations, phone can fit a break at work or use less bandwidth, and messaging suits brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These choices let people fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping continuity with a licensed professional.