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Jennifer Hoffman, LCSW

  • Experience19 years
  • LocationIllinois
  • Focus areasADHD, Family, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy
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About Jennifer

Jennifer Hoffman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 19 years of experience supporting individuals and families in Illinois. She brings years of practical experience with concerns ranging from ADHD and behavioral challenges to trauma, parenting struggles, anger, and grief.

Background and approach

Her practice emphasizes empowering clients to build practical skills and strategies that fit their everyday lives. Her work is grounded in a client-centered philosophy that prioritizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

Jennifer blends solution-focused techniques with trauma-informed and mindfulness-informed practices to create tailored treatment plans. She adapts conversations and interventions to meet each person’s specific goals while encouraging strengths and resilience.

Clients can expect a collaborative, caring approach that focuses on building tools for long-term success. Jennifer aims to support people through life transitions, complex family dynamics, mood and anxiety concerns, and other issues listed in her specialties.

She welcomes the courage it takes to seek help and offers steady guidance throughout the therapeutic process.

Approaches That Guide Online Care

Jennifer integrates client-centered therapy and solution-focused techniques into online sessions. Client-centered therapy centers the client's own goals and experiences, creating space for people to explore priorities and make decisions at their own pace; this approach is helpful for building self-understanding and confidence. Solution-focused therapy concentrates on practical steps and small changes that move clients toward clear, achievable goals, which can be useful for addressing stress, parenting challenges, and many day-to-day concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work and will happen collaboratively. Jennifer will listen to each person’s needs, goals, and preferences and then shape a plan that may draw on mindfulness, trauma-informed tools, and practical problem-solving. The clinician and client decide together which methods best support progress rather than relying on a single fixed model.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, maintain continuity during transitions, and access care from home or other convenient locations, while still working with a licensed professional to address the concerns listed in her specialties.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Jennifer address?
Her practice covers a broad range including ADHD, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, grief, eating-related issues, and compassion fatigue among others.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
She works from a client-centered stance that emphasizes empowerment, combining solution-focused methods, mindfulness skills, and trauma-informed strategies to tailor care to each person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 19 years of experience working with children and families and with individuals facing behavioral, emotional, and trauma-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for this clinician?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois with license number IL LCSW 149012045 and practices from an Illinois location.
Are services available in other languages or internationally?
She provides services in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered for online work?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How does billing and cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteemADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposePostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

19+ years

Licensed

Illinois

Languages

English

What Jennifer can help with

Jennifer Hoffman works with clients on family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, and ADHD.

Jennifer works with children and families.

Jennifer works with individuals with behavioral problems and anger issues.

How Jennifer approaches therapy

Jennifer's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Jennifer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Illinois, with 19 years of clinical experience.

Therapy style

Jennifer aims to help and support your needs.