About Jenna
Dr. Jenna Lebersfeld offers support for people dealing with ADHD, anxiety, stress, depression, sleep difficulties, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem concerns, and LGBT-related issues. She is a psychologist licensed in Illinois (IL Psychologist 071.010820) with eight years of clinical experience.
Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at making steps toward change feel manageable for busy people and worried parents. She meets people where they are and treats therapy as a team effort.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical strategies and skills to manage daily challenges. Dr. Lebersfeld uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and acceptance-based methods to help with thinking patterns, behavior, and emotion regulation.
Her work often includes mindfulness and simple meditation practices to reduce stress and improve sleep. She pays attention to how family roles, parenting demands, and social context affect wellbeing. For people with neurodiverse profiles such as ADHD or autism, she emphasizes clear structure and concrete steps that fit everyday life.
Appointments may include short coaching-style tasks between sessions to build skills more quickly. She also addresses relationship communication problems, caregiving stress, obsessive-compulsive patterns, sexual and gender concerns, and other focused issues listed in her specialties. Progress is measured by changes in daily routines, symptom relief, and improved coping.
Dr. Lebersfeld encourages small, realistic changes that add up. Her approach aims to make therapy practical and useful so people can move toward a more stable, satisfying life.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online therapy
Dr. Lebersfeld commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques that focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and manage ADHD-related routines. These methods teach concrete skills like activity scheduling, breaking tasks into steps, and changing thought patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.She also uses acceptance-based approaches that help people notice difficult emotions without getting overwhelmed and to commit to actions tied to personal values. This helps when avoidance or perfectionism limits day-to-day functioning and when stress and mood get in the way of important goals.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what fits the person's needs and preferences. The aim is to find methods that feel doable and actually help in daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for longer therapy work and skills practice, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat are good for brief check-ins or skill reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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