Jennifer Wickersham, LPC

Jennifer Wickersham, L.P.C., practices as a licensed professional counselor in St. Louis, Missouri, and has offered therapeutic services for over 20 years. Her clinical background includes work with children, adolescents, adults, and families, and she has conducted assessments to identify interventions that best fit each situation. She favors the least restrictive interventions possible and supports the use of online and phone sessions as effective ways to help clients make meaningful progress.

Her experience covers a wide range of concerns including anxiety and panic attacks, depression, PTSD, abuse and trauma, and relationship and family difficulties. She combines a solution-focused orientation with steady, compassionate support to help clients set and reach concrete goals.

Person-centered in approach, Jennifer emphasizes an authentic therapeutic relationship built on empathy and respect. She is highly experienced in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people recognize how thoughts and emotions influence behavior and teaching techniques like cognitive restructuring and practical coping strategies. By blending compassionate listening with structured tools, she aims to help clients move toward the changes they want to achieve.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support

Jennifer Wickersham integrates client-centered therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide her online practice. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a warm, non-judgmental relationship in which the therapist listens and reflects so clients feel understood and can explore their priorities; it is helpful for building self-awareness, strengthening relationships, and navigating life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors through practical exercises and coping skills, making it well suited to anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy when relationship dynamics and attachment patterns are central, using structured conversations to help partners or family members better understand and respond to each other.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Jennifer works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals and therapists often adapt techniques as progress unfolds to ensure a good therapeutic fit.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for clients with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or geographical constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access timely support, and engage in therapy from familiar surroundings while working with a licensed professional.