Jennifer Garvin, LMHC

Jennifer Garvin is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Indiana. She brings 11 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. Jennifer works with issues such as trauma, compassion fatigue, parenting concerns, and questions around identity and relationships, including LGBT concerns and attachment difficulties.

She uses a warm, communicative style and aims to make clients feel heard and respected. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals. Jennifer values collaboration and invites clients to share their priorities for treatment.

In sessions she blends evidence-informed tools with a person-centered attitude. That means she listens for patterns that get in the way, helps people test new behaviors, and uses mindfulness to reduce reactivity. Cognitive behavioral techniques are often used to shift unhelpful thinking and habits.

Jennifer also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships influence current patterns. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is wrestling with change or substance concerns. Her approach is flexible and tailored to the problem at hand.

People meet her for a mix of short-term problem solving and longer-term work. She encourages small, manageable steps and checks in often about what is or isn’t helping. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and better coping with life’s challenges.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can look at those patterns through discussion, homework, and tracking how clients relate to others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions this often means learning practical skills, trying experiments between meetings, and reviewing results together. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to strengthen a person’s own reasons for change when they feel stuck; it uses open questions, reflection, and goal-setting that work well over video or phone.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they shape a plan that may mix approaches and adjust over time based on what helps.

Confirm the current session formats before booking to know what is offered. Online work can make scheduling easier and help fit therapy into a busy life. It can allow shorter check-ins, reduce travel time, and make it simpler to keep regular appointments during work or family demands. Many people find remote sessions a practical way to stay consistent while doing focused therapeutic work.