- 15 years experience
- Perinatal and parenting support
- Skills for stress
About Jennifer
Jennifer Quirina is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. She works from a belief that change starts in a trusting relationship where people can lower their defenses and talk honestly about what’s hard. Jennifer aims to help people feel heard and validated while they find practical ways to handle stress and life transitions.
She has particular experience supporting people during the perinatal period and early parenting. She also helps adoptees and people navigating LGBT+ questions, fertility challenges, and major life changes. Her background includes long-term clinical work in both Illinois and California, which informs a flexible, relatable approach.
Jennifer uses tools drawn from solution-focused work, cognitive behavioral methods, and dialectical behavioral strategies. That means sessions often include clear goal-setting, practical coping skills, and ways to notice and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Sessions are collaborative and geared toward real-world steps someone can try between meetings.
People who come to her often want help with stress, anxiety, self esteem, career decisions, or coping after major change. She also addresses concerns tied to abandonment, attachment, autism and Asperger syndrome, and adoption or foster care histories. Jennifer’s work emphasizes steady support and small, manageable changes.
Her conversational style is direct and compassionate. She helps people break problems into smaller parts and build skills that fit their daily lives. To start, she asks about current goals and what a better week would look like.
She has particular experience supporting people during the perinatal period and early parenting. She also helps adoptees and people navigating LGBT+ questions, fertility challenges, and major life changes. Her background includes long-term clinical work in both Illinois and California, which informs a flexible, relatable approach.
Jennifer uses tools drawn from solution-focused work, cognitive behavioral methods, and dialectical behavioral strategies. That means sessions often include clear goal-setting, practical coping skills, and ways to notice and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Sessions are collaborative and geared toward real-world steps someone can try between meetings.
People who come to her often want help with stress, anxiety, self esteem, career decisions, or coping after major change. She also addresses concerns tied to abandonment, attachment, autism and Asperger syndrome, and adoption or foster care histories. Jennifer’s work emphasizes steady support and small, manageable changes.
Her conversational style is direct and compassionate. She helps people break problems into smaller parts and build skills that fit their daily lives. To start, she asks about current goals and what a better week would look like.