Therapist profile
Jennifer Gaumer, LCSW
LCSW - Family and parenting, mood and anxiety
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- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness tools
- Solution-focused work
About Jennifer
Jennifer Gaumer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with 15 years of experience. She has worked in hospital-based child guidance, residential treatment, and community parenting programs. Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, mood disorders, ADHD, and related issues.
Jennifer draws on straightforward, practical psychotherapy. She uses talk therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and problem-solving approaches to help people notice what is getting in the way and try different ways of coping. Sessions focus on developing skills and small changes that fit into daily life.
Her background includes work with teenagers in foster care and experience as a forensic interviewer, which informs how she talks about trauma, abuse, and difficult histories. She also spent time in a residential treatment center and a hospital clinic earlier in her career.
Jennifer’s style is interactive and focused on concrete tools. She listens for patterns in relationships and family dynamics and helps people practice new responses. Parents and adults concerned about family strain, communication problems, or managing mood and anxiety often find this practical focus useful.
Outside of clinical work she enjoys gardening, home renovation, reading, and time at the beach with her husband and two daughters. Those details can help people picture how she balances work and life.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then move toward actions that matter. This can help with anxiety, family stress, and decisions about parenting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, panic, and many everyday problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try approaches and adjust them based on what helps in real life.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove the need to travel. It can also let people use sessions to practice communication skills in the same week they are needed. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT tools to an online setting so people can build concrete skills and coping strategies while managing family and parenting demands.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
California, Connecticut
Languages
English
Questions
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What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, parenting struggles, trauma and mood disorders among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is interactive and practical, using talk therapy, CBT techniques, mindfulness, and problem-solving to build coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience, including work in hospital clinics, residential treatment, and community parenting programs.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - CA LCSW and CT LCSW and practices from California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.