LPC
Jennifer Maguire, LPC
- Experience25 years
- LocationNew Jersey
- Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Addictions, and Trauma and abuse
- Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Jennifer
Jennifer Maguire is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey with 25 years of clinical experience. She supports clients with an interactive, empathetic approach that emphasizes listening and treating people with dignity and respect.
Background and approach
Jennifer combines a client-centered stance with a strengths-based outlook, inviting clients to lead the direction of therapy while she offers guidance and practical tools. Her work draws on several evidence-informed methods, including Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and other supportive strategies.
She helps clients examine how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact, build skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, and develop personalized plans to meet goals related to stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting, career challenges, ADHD, and many other areas.
Jennifer frames progress as a collaborative process and aims to empower individuals as they take steps toward more satisfying, meaningful daily life.
Therapeutic approaches suited for online care
Jennifer uses Internal Family Systems to help clients recognize and relate to different parts of themselves, promoting inner compassion and clearer self-leadership; this approach can be helpful for trauma, relationship patterns, and complex emotional life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to clarify values, increase psychological flexibility, and encourage committed action even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present, which supports coping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding attachment patterns formed in relationships and improving emotional connections, useful for relationship and intimacy concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and she works collaboratively with each person to determine what resonates and what meets their goals and preferences. That process may involve trying different techniques and refining a plan so clients feel involved in shaping their care.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and needs. These formats make it easier to access ongoing support from licensed professionals without rearranging life around an office visit, and they allow work on skills, processing, and planning in ways that fit each person’s routine.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is interactive, empathetic, and warm, and she uses a client-centered, strengths-based approach drawing on multiple modalities such as Internal Family Systems, ACT, attachment-based work, and CBT to tailor treatment to each person.
How long has she practiced?
She brings 25 years of experience in the counseling field, offering long-term clinical perspective and a variety of evidence-informed techniques accumulated over her career.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds the credential LPC with license details NJ LPC 37PC00446300 and practices in New Jersey.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to what fits their needs and therapist availability.
What should I expect about cost and scheduling?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are accessed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
25+ years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English