Jennifer Shaw-Klymyshyn

Jennifer Shaw-Klymyshyn is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience in behavioral health. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, and addiction. She also supports people dealing with relationship and family issues, work changes, and the strain of caregiving. Jennifer emphasizes a strengths-based, person-centered way of working and values straightforward collaboration.

Her approach adapts to what each person brings to sessions. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thinking and from motivational interviewing to support change. Narrative and psychodynamic ideas may be used to look at life stories and patterns that influence current choices.

Jennifer aims to help people manage emotions and build clearer steps forward. She talks through problems, helps set realistic goals, and practices skills you can use between sessions. Sessions often focus on coping with life transitions, processing loss, and reducing anger and stress so daily life feels more manageable.

With roots in strengths-based practice, she works to highlight personal resources and practical strategies. She notes morning and early afternoon appointments are her current times, not evenings. Jennifer welcomes people who want a collaborative, down-to-earth approach to change.

Her practice is located in Oregon and sessions are conducted in English. To begin, follow the site's Start Therapy process to match and schedule according to her availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Jennifer often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms like anxiety and anger. She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and build commitment to next steps. Narrative therapy is used to look at life stories and separate problems from identity, which can be useful when people want to rewrite how they see themselves.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps. Together you can decide whether to emphasize skills practice, motivational work, or changing the stories that keep you stuck.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, shorten commute time, and allow check-ins during workday breaks. It can also allow sessions that focus on practicing coping skills, working through upsetting moments, and setting concrete steps to try between meetings.