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Jennifer Ladd

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Jennifer Ladd

Tennessee

Practical, compassionate therapy for everyday struggles

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  • Warm conversational style
  • Evidence-informed approaches
  • Focus on men's wellbeing

About Jennifer

Jennifer Ladd is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Tennessee who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and stress. She also supports people dealing with parenting challenges, addiction concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, body image struggles, and intimacy-related issues. Jennifer is comfortable addressing a wide range of life changes and emotional challenges tied to attachment, abandonment, and codependency.

Her style is warm, conversational, and interactive. Sessions focus on listening carefully to what lies beneath the symptoms and naming the feelings and patterns that keep someone stuck. She blends practical skills with reflective conversation so people can try things between sessions and notice real differences.

Jennifer draws on a mix of approaches including cognitive-behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment perspectives, attachment-focused work, dialectical behavior techniques, and client-centered methods. She adapts the plan to each person’s needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach. This means therapy may include coping skills practice, values-based goal-setting, or exercises that explore early relationship patterns.

With 13 years of experience, she has worked in both individual and group settings and helped people with trauma, childhood wounds, somatic symptoms, and motivational problems. She aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping them identify strengths they can build on.

Many people come to her seeking clearer communication, relief from recurring anxiety or anger, better sleep and appetite patterns, or more satisfying intimate connections. She welcomes international clients and conducts work in English.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to accept unwanted feelings. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they show up now, helping people change how they relate and feel safer in bonds. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry, low mood, and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jennifer will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That partnership means plans can shift as new information emerges and as people try techniques between sessions.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it may save travel time, allow shorter check-ins on a break, or let people use exercises and worksheets digitally. Licensed professionals can still guide experiential exercises, teach coping skills, and track progress remotely so therapy feels practical and tied to everyday routines.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesBipolar disorder

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

13+ years

Credentials

Tennessee

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She supports people with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, mood and anxiety concerns, addictions, ADHD, and many other challenges listed in her specialties.

What is her therapeutic approach like?

Her style is warm and conversational. She combines client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral skills, acceptance-oriented strategies, attachment work, and dialectical behavior techniques.

How much experience does she have?

She has 13 years of experience providing mental health counseling in individual and group settings.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Tennessee and practices using that credential.

What languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She accepts international clients; confirm scheduling and logistics when you begin the process.

How are fees and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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