About Jean
Jean Starr is a licensed independent social worker who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. She works with individuals facing relationship or intimacy concerns, grief and loss, and struggles with self-esteem. Jean writes and talks plainly so parents and busy adults can understand what to expect from sessions.
She tailors conversations and plans to each person's needs. Sessions focus on practical steps, problem-solving, and building strategies that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Jean aims to make small changes that add up over time rather than offering quick fixes. Jean has eight years of professional experience and holds Iowa independent licensed social worker credentials, LISW. That time has included supporting people through bereavement, family conflict, and life changes such as caregiving and aging-related stress.
She also helps people address shame, guilt, and feelings of isolation. Her approach is respectful and grounded in empathy. Jean emphasizes collaboration and strength-based work so people feel heard and capable of making changes.
Conversations move at a pace each person finds comfortable. Jean can help with communication problems, codependency patterns, and finding purpose after a major life shift. She also supports those navigating forgiveness work and building self-love.
Her goal is practical progress that matches a client's everyday responsibilities and values.
Approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Jean uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on helping people manage strong emotions and everyday challenges. One common approach she uses is practical problem-solving, which breaks big issues into smaller steps and creates achievable plans for daily life; this helps with stress, decision fatigue, and managing ADHD-related tasks. Another key technique emphasizes grief-focused support, which helps people name losses, process feelings, and find ways to remember and move forward without rushing the experience.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jean collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, preferences, and routines. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans so strategies feel useful and realistic rather than theoretical.
Online therapy with Jean is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people read facial cues and have deeper conversations, while phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a brief check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick updates, brief coping tools, or when threading therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into real life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English
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