Jenna Lapointe, LCSW, LICSW

Jenna Lapointe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in West Virginia with 13 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and related concerns such as self-esteem, grief, and compassion fatigue. Jenna also addresses addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, parenting stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and life transitions.

Jenna uses practical talk paired with skills practice. She helps people notice how thoughts, body sensations, and behaviors interact, then practices alternative actions that achieve the same needs in safer ways. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings, so progress can be measured and adjusted.

Her approach is client-centered and draws from several evidence-informed methods. Jenna often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change thinking and behavior patterns. She also incorporates mindfulness practices and integrates EMDR when trauma processing is indicated.

Before moving to West Virginia clinical practice, she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Washington College and a master’s degree in social work from West Virginia University. Jenna has spent over a decade working in outpatient settings with a range of concerns and symptoms, developing a practice oriented toward both immediate coping and longer-term change.

People who meet with her can expect direct conversation, practical skill-building, and collaborative decision making about which methods to use. To start, she asks clients to identify specific changes they want and then matches techniques to those goals.

Approaches used in remote sessions and how they help