Jennifer Quirina, LCSW

Jennifer Quirina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of professional experience working across California and Illinois. She draws on a career built around building trusting relationships where clients can lower their defenses and explore change safely. Jennifer combines clinical skill with personal insight to support people facing perinatal and new parenting transitions, adoptee concerns, LGBT+ issues, and other major life changes.

Her approach integrates practical tools from solution-focused methods, cognitive behavioral strategies, and dialectical behavioral techniques to help clients identify concrete steps forward. Jennifer prioritizes helping people feel heard and validated while developing manageable ways to cope with everyday stressors and emotional challenges. She emphasizes collaboration, tailoring interventions to each person’s unique circumstances and goals.

As an LCSW - which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she brings a strengths-based perspective and a focus on real-world outcomes. Whether working through attachment questions, fertility or parenting adjustments, or career and self-esteem concerns, Jennifer aims to provide steady, skill-oriented support that helps clients navigate transitions and build resilience.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Jennifer often draws on solution-focused therapy, which emphasizes identifying strengths and practical steps to reach short-term goals, helping people move forward when they feel stuck. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a structured approach that explores how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress. When appropriate, Jennifer incorporates dialectical behavioral techniques to build emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that support daily functioning and relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Jennifer works collaboratively with each person to determine what methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions over time, inviting feedback and adjusting the plan so therapy remains relevant and useful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be scheduled as video calls or phone appointments, or carried out through live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit care into busy days, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access licensed professionals from different locations while keeping treatment consistent and focused.