Jennifer Paradysz, LICSW

Jennifer Paradysz is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 20 years of experience helping people navigate trauma, mood disorders, relationship challenges, and life transitions. She earned her master’s degree from the University of New England with a clinical focus on trauma and complex trauma, including post-traumatic stress related to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.

Her clinical work also includes support for anxiety and depression, ADHD, grief and loss, divorce, parenting and co-parenting concerns, self-confidence, and relational difficulties. Jennifer emphasizes a compassionate, relationship-oriented approach that aims to rebuild a sense of self, emotional balance, and trust in daily life and relationships. She frames therapy as a collaborative process, working with each person to set goals and move toward meaningful change.

Her individualized, strength-based practice integrates a range of methods tailored to the client’s needs, such as affect regulation strategies, mind-body techniques, EMDR for trauma processing, Internal Family Systems, cognitive behavioral therapy, and therapeutic art interventions. As an LICSW - a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - she brings clinical training and extensive experience to her work. Jennifer offers day, evening, and weekend availability and welcomes questions from prospective clients. C.S. Lewis observed that one cannot change the beginning but can change the ending, and Jennifer’s practice is oriented toward helping people shape a different next chapter.