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Jendaya Clark

Values-focused therapy for life transitions

About Jendaya

Jendaya Clark practices with an approach that centers clients' values and strengths, integrating acceptance and commitment techniques with cognitive and client-centered methods.

Background and approach

As an Illinois LCPC with seven years of clinical experience, she blends practical tools and empathic listening to help people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression while supporting motivation and confidence building.

Her work also addresses major life transitions and health-related challenges, including coping with illness, cancer-related concerns, fertility questions, and other changes such as graduation or shifts in family roles.

Jendaya incorporates trauma-informed sensitivity and multicultural awareness into sessions, and she offers support around career questions, compassion fatigue, forgiveness work, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, polyamory and non-monogamous relationship dynamics, women's issues, and young adult concerns.

Jendaya emphasizes collaboration, viewing each person as the expert on their own life while providing evidence-informed strategies to reduce distress and increase well-being. She welcomes people who prefer online formats and accepts international clients, combining accessibility with a commitment to practical, values-driven growth.

Integrating evidence-based approaches in online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying personal values and taking committed action toward them while learning to tolerate uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thinking patterns and builds practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage depression, and improve coping. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist offers support and reflection to help clients access their own strengths and solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and the therapist works collaboratively to determine what methods fit each person's needs, goals, and preferences. Together they will explore which combination of ACT, CBT, and client-centered techniques feels most useful and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with this clinician is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and communication styles. These formats make it possible to maintain continuity of care across locations and time zones while accessing licensed professionals who use evidence-informed approaches to address stress, anxiety, life transitions, and related concerns.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist commonly address?
Jendaya works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem difficulties, depression, coping with life changes, career questions, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include cancer-related concerns, forgiveness, multicultural issues, polyamory and non-monogamous relationships, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, women's issues, and young adult concerns.
What therapeutic approaches shape the clinician's style?
The practice integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to combine values-based work, empathic listening, and skills-based interventions. These approaches inform how sessions are structured and what tools are offered.
How long has the therapist been practicing?
The clinician has seven years of experience working in community mental health and in individual and group counseling settings. That background informs both assessment and treatment planning.
What are the therapist's credentials and where are they based?
The clinician holds an LCPC credential with licence number IL LCPC 180.012915 and is based in Illinois.
Can someone who lives outside the United States work with this therapist?
Yes, the therapist accepts international clients and conducts online sessions for people living in other countries, subject to scheduling and applicable regulations.
Which session formats are offered for online work?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payment structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Pricing depends on those factors rather than a single fixed rate.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy with this clinician?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability. The clinician will follow up to arrange a first appointment.

Specialties and expertise

Experience
7 years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English