Jennifer Schlegel, LPC

Jennifer Schlegel is a licensed professional counselor with 22 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, trauma, and abuse. Her tone is straightforward and calming, and she aims to make the first step feel possible for people who are worried or unsure.

She favors a present-focused style that zeroes in on current thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sessions are collaborative - she listens, asks practical questions, and helps clients try out small changes between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is among the approaches she uses to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with workable alternatives.

Jennifer also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult emotions while moving toward what matters to them. Client-Centered Therapy informs her approach, which means she meets people where they are and respects their pace. Mindfulness and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy are used when clients need tools for managing intense emotions or urges.

She has experience supporting concerns such as body image, guilt and shame, hoarding, mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, panic attacks, phobias, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and trichotillomania. Jennifer keeps sessions focused and practical so people can notice change sooner.

Jennifer is licensed as an LPC and practices in Pennsylvania. She offers several remote session formats to fit different needs and schedules.

How these approaches work online and in session

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. It is practical and often involves small experiments or homework between sessions to see what changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people to notice difficult emotions without getting stuck and to move toward meaningful values despite discomfort.

Client-Centered Therapy shapes the way sessions feel - the therapist follows the person’s lead, listens closely, and adjusts pace to match what the client needs. Together the therapist and client decide which of these approaches fits best for the current problem, and they adjust the plan as progress and preferences emerge.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when that helps progress. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, homework review, or support between sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions in early morning hours or around work and family commitments, and they help people use the therapeutic tools in everyday life.