My Approach to Helping
Jennifer Brown (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia with more than 15years of experience working with folks across a wide variety, including children, families,couples, and individual adults seeking support in dealing with anxiety, depression, traumaticexperiences, abuse/neglect, self-injury, suicidal thoughts/urges, substance use/addiction needs,relationships, and family issues. She takes an open-minded, affirming, supportive approach andvalues the opportunity to give others time and safe space to openly be themselves as they seekconnection, happiness, and fulfillment. Jennifer utilizes a collaborative, person-centered approach in her work, and has a variety ofmethods at hand to put into practice, depending on her clients' needs and preferences --including cognitive behavioral (CBT), motivational, dialectical (DBT), mindfulness/meditation,emotion focused (EFT), solution focused, polyvagal, and EMDR. With an undergraduate background in math, astronomy, and physics, Jennifer is used toexpanding her awareness and thinking about things from differing perspectives. She sees herpurpose as to follow your lead and put appropriate, available tools to work in order to help youelevate your consciousness and achieve your goals.