About Jenifer
Jenifer Regennitter brings 25 years of clinical experience to adults seeking support for stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief, mood concerns, and related challenges. She is introduced first by name and described as a licensed clinician practicing in Illinois with dual credentials as an LCPC and an LMHC.
Background and approach
Her training includes a Master of Science in Education in Counseling and a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and she has worked across residential, inpatient, outpatient, and community mental health settings since 2000. Her style emphasizes collaboration and practical skills, drawing mainly from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered work, Solution-Focused strategies, Narrative approaches, and Trauma-Focused methods.
She combines structured interventions such as targeted homework with an affirming, person-centered orientation to help clients identify strengths, shift unhelpful patterns, and manage symptoms like panic, low self-esteem, or compassion fatigue. Jenifer also offers faith-informed Christian counseling for those who wish to include spiritual considerations in their care.
Sessions address a wide range of concerns including abandonment, caregiver stress, codependency, dissociation, postpartum mood issues, and life-purpose questions. She practices in Illinois and conducts therapy in English, helping clients explore realistic steps toward greater wellbeing while meeting them where they are.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship; this helps when exploring self-esteem, grief, or feelings of emptiness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is especially useful for anxiety, panic, mood disorders, and coping with life changes. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing traumatic experiences and developing strategies to reduce trauma-related symptoms and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and will be individualized through collaboration. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and symptom patterns and will integrate techniques from different methods as needed so the plan fits the client’s needs and comfort level.
Online sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to maintain continuity of care and fit therapy into a busy schedule. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver evidence-informed approaches and practical homework between meetings, offering flexibility and increased access to consistent support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Iowa
- Languages
- English