Therapist profile
Jennifer Reed-Grimmett, LPC
West Virginia
Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Stress
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- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, West Virginia / 1784
- NPI1598282576
- Experience24 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationWest Virginia
About
- Anger management
- CBT and DBT skills
- Values focused work
About Jennifer
Jennifer Reed-Grimmett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in West Virginia with 24 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship problems, parenting concerns, and other life difficulties. She listens first, then works with people to find short-term steps that ease daily functioning and longer-term strategies that build steadier coping.
Her approach is straightforward and interactive. Early sessions prioritize understanding what matters to the client and identifying a few calming or grounding tools to use right away. She also helps set goals the client chooses, so progress is visible and relevant to daily life.
Jennifer uses a mix of cognitive behavioral ideas and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to address thinking patterns, emotional regulation, and behavior change. She draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and find workable steps toward those values. Attachment-based and client-centered elements shape how she relates to clients and how she explores relationship issues.
Sessions often include coaching-style feedback, plain language explanations, and practical exercises to try between meetings. She notes that therapy can feel slow at first while trust is built, but she aims to offer some immediate tools alongside longer-term work. Her background in criminal justice informs her work with career stress and some trauma-related issues.
People seeking help for anger, coping with life changes, parenting strain, grief, or chronic stress may find her approach useful. She offers sessions in English and works from West Virginia as an LPC. To begin, clients follow the platform steps to match and schedule an initial session.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when strong emotions are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or anger. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that are useful when feelings escalate quickly.Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made. That means trying some techniques, reviewing how they went, and switching course if needed.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins on a break, or removing the need to be on camera for every session. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and DBT exercises to remote sessions, and Jennifer emphasizes practical tools and homework that transfer into everyday routines.
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Experience
24+ years
Listed in
West Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, trauma and related issues listed in her specialties.
How would she approach my temper or anger?
She uses practical tools such as grounding, emotional regulation skills, and short-term coping strategies alongside longer-term behavior change work.
What is her experience background?
She has 24 years of counseling experience and a background in criminal justice which informs work with career stress and some trauma issues.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in West Virginia and practices from that state.
Can non-US or international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Confirm current session formats before booking since the biography does not specify which formats are used.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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