Jennifer Bickford, LPCC
Collaborative counselor who focuses on life stories
Details
| Name | Jennifer Bickford |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPCC |
| Based in | Minnesota |
| Licensed in | Minnesota |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 11 |
About Jennifer
Jennifer Bickford is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who focuses on helping people untangle stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She offers straightforward, patient care aimed at practical change. Her approach is warm and interactive and she aims to make sessions feel approachable and nonjudgmental.
Jennifer draws on Narrative Therapy to help people reframe difficult stories about themselves. She also uses client-centered methods to follow each person’s lead and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
These methods combine to make therapy collaborative and goal-oriented. Her work includes supporting people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with issues like body image, attachment concerns, chronic illness, and communication problems.
Jennifer tailors sessions to the person in front of her rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. With 11 years of experience, she has worked with diverse life circumstances and complex problems. She uses reflective questioning to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding.
Sessions are practical and focused on next steps between meetings. Jennifer practices in Minnesota as an LPCC. She speaks English and offers multiple online formats for appointments.
Her goal is to partner with people who want clearer options and more workable daily coping skills.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Jennifer works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Jennifer among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Jennifer among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Jennifer among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Jennifer among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Jennifer among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Jennifer among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Jennifer among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Jennifer directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Jennifer directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Using narrative and practical approaches in online therapy
Jennifer often uses Narrative Therapy to help people examine and rewrite the stories they tell about themselves. That approach looks at how past events and labels shape present choices and aims to open up new possibilities for action and meaning. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the person’s experience and follows their priorities in session, helping people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another tool she uses to spot patterns in thoughts and behaviors and try concrete experiments to reduce anxiety or low mood.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will ask about your goals and preferences, try different techniques, and adjust the plan together based on what helps most. This collaborative stance makes it easier to find methods that fit your life and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and nonverbal cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can support brief check-ins, moment-to-moment support, or coaching-style interactions between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy routines.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem struggles, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and collaborative. She uses reflective questioning and tailors sessions to each person’s needs.
What is her experience working as a therapist?
She has 11 years of clinical experience working with a range of life concerns and complex presentations.
What credentials and location are listed for this clinician?
She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MN LPCC, practicing in Minnesota.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use?
She meets with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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