Therapist profile
Connie Jenks, LPC
Virginia
Licensed counselor - Trauma and mood concerns
Continue with ConnieKey details
- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Virginia / 0701004851
- NPI1598083792
- Experience19 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationVirginia
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Solution-Focused approaches
About Connie
Connie Jenks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 19 years of experience. She helps people manage trauma and abuse, grief and loss, mood concerns like depression and bipolar, addictions, and anger. She also supports those facing career stress, compassion fatigue, and major life changes.
Connie uses straightforward conversation to identify what matters most to each person. She asks practical questions and listens for patterns that keep problems repeating. Sessions focus on building skills for handling strong feelings and on steps a person can try between meetings.
Her work draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s experience. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to challenge unhelpful thoughts, and solution-focused techniques to set short-term goals. For trauma-related concerns she applies trauma-focused approaches aimed at reducing distress and improving day-to-day coping.
Connie pays attention to situations that overlap, such as mood disorders with substance use or chronic shame alongside grief. She helps people identify triggers, practice emotion regulation, and improve communication. Practical tools and brief experiments are common parts of sessions.
People who are visually impaired or who are navigating women’s issues, seasonal mood changes, self-harm urges, or complex diagnoses can bring those concerns to sessions. Connie works in English and accepts international clients. Before booking, readers should confirm current session formats and schedule details.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s perspective and priorities. Online sessions using this approach involve open conversation, reflective listening, and shaping goals based on what the client says works for them. It helps when someone wants to be heard clearly and to build trust in the process.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. In remote sessions this looks like identifying automatic thoughts, testing them with simple experiments, and practicing alternative responses between appointments. CBT is useful for anger tied to negative thinking or low mood.
Motivational Interviewing is about increasing a person’s own reasons for change. Used alongside CBT or solution-focused techniques, it helps when motivation is mixed or ambivalent. Sessions center on the person’s goals and practical next steps rather than on directives.
Picking the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and the problems they want to address. This is an ongoing conversation rather than a single decision.
The biography does not specify which session formats are offered online, so confirm current options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Those practical benefits are often why people try remote sessions.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she address?
She addresses snapping at loved ones, workplace frustration, buildup of resentment, and strong emotional reactions connected to trauma or mood disorder.
How would she approach anger in sessions?
She uses client-centered conversation alongside cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused exercises to identify triggers and practice new responses.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Connie has 19 years of therapy experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia.
What credential and location should I know about?
She holds an LPC credential and practices from Virginia.
Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered to international clients; sessions are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.