Jennifer Wickham, LPC

Jennifer Wickham is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 26 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, trauma, depression, grief, relationship struggles, ADHD, and self-esteem concerns. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aiming to help people take small, workable steps toward change.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She blends this with attachment-based and client-centered work that pays attention to relationships and personal strengths. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and EMDR are also part of her toolbox when trauma or strong emotion need targeted care.

Jennifer favors short, clear goals and concrete strategies families and individuals can use between sessions. She encourages gentle, steady progress rather than fast fixes. Sessions are practical and focused, with space for personal stories and real-life problem solving.

Her background includes work in inpatient adolescent residential settings and community mental health clinics. She has a master’s degree in mental health counseling from the University of Wisconsin–Stout and additional infant, early childhood, and family mental health training from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She also consults with the Wisconsin Association of Infant Mental Health.

Outside of counseling she is a parent, runner, yogi, viola player, and crafter. She emphasizes small intentional steps and believes change comes from consistent effort. The goal is to help people build the life they want while healing from past challenges.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Jennifer uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors, which works well in focused online sessions where homework and skills practice are assigned. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how relationships shape feelings and patterns, helping people improve connection and communication in everyday life. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental space where clients guide the pace and focus of sessions while the therapist follows their lead.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time so therapy stays useful and aligned with what the client wants to accomplish.

Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins or lower-intensity moments, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy days.