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Jennifer ONeil, LMHC
Massachusetts
LMHC in Massachusetts - Anxiety and Life Changes
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Mindfulness practice
About Jennifer
Jennifer ONeil is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Massachusetts with 16 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and major life changes. She also works with concerns around relationships, intimacy, eating and self-esteem.
Clients can expect practical sessions that focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Jennifer uses straightforward methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness to address day-to-day problems. Sessions commonly focus on stabilizing mood, improving communication, and managing repetitive negative thinking.
Her background includes long-term clinical work supporting people through caregiving stress, chronic illness, and recovery after domestic violence or other losses. She offers approaches that attend to attachment patterns and how past relationships shape present reactions. This helps when abandonment, adoption, blended family issues, or attachment concerns are part of the picture.
In-session work often moves between skill practice and short focused conversations. Clients may learn grounding and mindfulness exercises, behavior experiments, and ways to accept difficult feelings while taking chosen actions. Jennifer frames these tools so they can fit into everyday routines.
She also brings experience addressing career stress, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and eating-related difficulties. Sessions emphasize clear steps someone can take between meetings, and regular check-ins on how those steps are working.
How Jennifer applies therapeutic approaches in online work
Jennifer draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify automatic thoughts and try small experiments to change unhelpful habits. CBT sessions focus on clear steps someone can practice between meetings to reduce worry and improve daily functioning.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice difficult feelings and commit to actions that reflect their values. ACT is useful for people managing long-term stress, grief, or persistent mood problems because it emphasizes action even when feelings are uncomfortable.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She discusses options with clients and decides together which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative step helps shape session focus and what skills are practiced between meetings.
Confirm the current session formats before booking so you know how meetings are scheduled. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the matching process to arrange the paced support that fits everyday life.
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Experience
16+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she usually help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and self-esteem problems, and coping with life changes.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
CBT is used to notice unhelpful thoughts and test alternative responses. Sessions include practical exercises and behavior experiments to try between meetings.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 16 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns, including caregiver stress, chronic illness, and recovery from domestic violence and loss.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) and practices in Massachusetts.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking to know how meetings are held.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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