- Client-centred approach
- Solution-focused tools
- Mindfulness practice
About Jennifer
Jennifer Altheimer is an ACA counsellor and a PACFA member with 18 years’ experience in Australia. She works with relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and many related issues including blended family issues. She uses a person-focused approach and practical methods to help people clarify problems and find workable steps forward.
Jennifer keeps sessions straightforward. She asks clear questions, listens for patterns, and helps people spot small changes that make a difference. Sessions often include practical tools for communication, boundaries, and managing difficult feelings. The work is aimed at improving how someone relates to themselves and others.
Her background includes long experience across relationship and family dynamics, grief and loss, trauma, depression and anxiety. Jennifer also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, commitment worries, and separation. She brings years of practice rather than technical jargon when explaining what might help.
Her approach draws on Client-Centred Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy and Internal Family Systems. That means she listens to what matters most, helps people build present-focused skills, and looks at the parts of a person that hold different feelings or beliefs. Sessions are practical and paced to each person’s needs.
Jennifer describes the therapeutic role as collaborative. People who come to her can expect a mix of talking, practical exercises and short take-home ideas. To begin, clients use the site’s matching steps to choose an online option and book a first session.
Approaches used in online sessions
Jennifer works with core approaches that translate well to remote sessions. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s concerns, helping them find their own answers and build on strengths. It suits people wanting a supportive place to talk through relationship or parenting stresses.Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and grounding skills to reduce reactivity and manage anxiety and stress. It often includes short exercises you can practise between sessions to notice patterns and calm intense feelings.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical changes and clear goals. Rather than dwelling on problems, it helps identify what’s already working and how to increase it, which many people find useful for navigating blended household challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and decide collaboratively which methods to use based on the client’s needs, goals and preferences. That choice can be reviewed as progress is made.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm your preferred session type before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins during a lunch break or after work. Some approaches, like mindfulness exercises or solution-focused tasks, adapt well to remote sessions and can be practised between meetings.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She supports relationship and family issues, parenting, stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and related areas such as blended family issues and attachment problems.
How would she work with me?
Her style is person-focused and practical. Expect listening, clear questions, and steps to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of professional experience working with relationship and family concerns and other life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an ACA counsellor and a PACFA member based in Australia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.