Jennifer Rastetter

Jennifer Rastetter is a licensed professional clinical counselor who helps people tackle stress, anxiety, trauma, and more. She uses straightforward, direct guidance to support clients who want honest work and real change. Jennifer expects commitment and shows steady, nonjudgmental support along the way.

She brings ten years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on practical ways to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Her work addresses mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms, attention and impulsivity challenges like ADHD, and substance use and addiction issues. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related struggles, parenting strain, career transitions, and problems rooted in family of origin or attachment wounds.

Jennifer draws from trauma-focused work, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered practice to shape each plan. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques and skills from dialectical behavior approaches when helpful. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and motivational interviewing are among the tools she may use to target traumatic memories and support behavior change.

Sessions follow the process a client prefers and the goals they bring. Jennifer asks direct questions, offers feedback, and assigns actionable steps between meetings. Her style balances firm expectations with empathy so clients can move through painful material while building new habits and coping skills.

She practices in Ohio and conducts work in English. To begin, users follow the site Start Therapy flow to match and schedule with her according to availability.

How trauma-informed and attachment work translate to online care

Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on helping people process painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life. This approach often involves gradual exposure, stabilizing skills, and targeted interventions to address trauma and abuse-related symptoms.

Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current bonds and reactions. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and practice new ways of connecting and communicating.

Client-centered therapy puts the person's goals and experience at the center. The therapist listens with curiosity, reflects what is heard, and helps clients choose the pace and direction of change.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit best with their needs, goals, and comfort level. That choice can evolve as therapy moves forward.

For practical matters, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are being offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow consistent check-ins during life transitions. Some formats may be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed, so discussing logistics early helps match therapy to daily life.