Jennifer Gaumer, LCSW

Jennifer Gaumer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW practicing in California with 15 years of experience. She has worked in hospital-based child guidance, residential treatment, and community parenting programs. Her caseload has included anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, ADHD, trauma and anger among other concerns.

She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work in 2001 and holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from Clark University. She moved from Connecticut to Southern California in 2009 and has worked across settings that serve children, teens, and adults in clinical and community contexts.

Her approach mixes practical talk therapy with cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment strategies, dialectical behavior skills, and mindfulness practices. Sessions focus on developing concrete tools for managing stress, mood, and relationship strain. Jennifer uses problem-solving and skills training to help people notice patterns and try small behavior changes.

When anger is the main concern she helps people recognize triggers, practice breathing and grounding skills, and use communication techniques to reduce escalation. She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, addictions, and parenting stress by combining coping skills with attention to attachment and family-of-origin issues.

Outside work she gardens, renovates her home, and spends time at the beach with her husband and two daughters. The first step is a short matching questionnaire and scheduling an initial session to begin discussing goals.

Approaches for online sessions and practical fit