Jenna Lapointe , LCSW, LICSW

Jenna Lapointe is a licensed social worker who combines empathetic understanding with practical, evidence-informed strategies to help people make meaningful changes in their lives. She emphasizes a collaborative, nonjudgmental approach that invites clients to explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to better understand what those reactions are trying to accomplish. From that place of understanding, she works with clients to learn and practice skills that support healthier, more effective ways of meeting their needs.

Her practice is eclectic and client-centered, guided by the goals each person brings to therapy. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, assertiveness training, and behavioral modification techniques, choosing methods that align with the change a client wants to make. These approaches support processing both bodily and verbal experiences, aiming for integrated, sustainable shifts in thinking and behavior.

Jenna has provided outpatient mental health therapy for 13 years. She earned a bachelor of arts in psychology from Washington College in 2009 and a master of social work from West Virginia University in 2011. She practices in West Virginia and holds the credentials LCSW and LICSW - LCSW stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker and LICSW stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. Her work has included supporting people with anxiety, trauma, depression, relationship and family concerns, addictions, grief, and a range of other life challenges.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Jenna often integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify personal values and take committed action toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. She also uses EMDR, a trauma-focused method that supports processing distressing memories and reducing their emotional intensity by engaging different modes of memory processing; this can be especially useful for trauma and abuse-related symptoms. Additionally, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and practice concrete behavioral changes that improve mood and functioning.

Finding the best fit is part of the therapeutic process. Jenna works collaboratively with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors techniques and approaches to match what will be most useful for each person.

Online therapy with Jenna is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent care without travel, allow sessions to fit into busy routines, and support ongoing contact between appointments when that is helpful for progress.