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Jenifer Papaccio

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Jenifer Papaccio, LPC

Missouri

Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Stress

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC
  • LicenseLPC, Missouri / 2019011791
  • NPI1033779574
  • Experience10 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationMissouri

About

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Mindfulness techniques
  • DBT skills

About Jenifer

Jenifer Papaccio is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with ten years of clinical work. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and family concerns, and related issues like parenting, grief, and burnout. Jenifer works with adults and uses practical, evidence-informed methods to address day-to-day problems and longer-term goals.

She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a foundation, linking thoughts, feelings, and behaviors so clients can try different responses to old patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas and mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to help people notice what matters to them and act toward it. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are also part of her toolkit for managing strong emotions.

Jenifer brings experience from crisis intervention, correctional counseling, community mental health, private practice, and work with people who have intellectual disabilities. That mix informs a direct, problem-focused style that aims to turn therapy conversations into real-life changes. She explains how the brain learns and adapts, including basic ideas about neuroplasticity, to make strategies easier to use outside the session.

Sessions emphasize concrete skills, short experiments, and practical planning for everyday situations. People who are worn out by overthinking, repeating relationship patterns, or recurring anger may find sessions focus on small, manageable steps. She writes notes and tracks progress so goals stay clear.

Jenifer offers services in English and practices in Missouri as an LPC. Before scheduling, readers should confirm current session options and formats through the booking flow.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Jenifer often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people test new ways of responding to triggers. ACT emphasizes clarifying values and taking committed steps toward them while accepting difficult feelings. Mindfulness techniques are used to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity.

She treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. During early sessions she and the client review goals, try techniques, and decide together which methods fit best. That ongoing review means methods can shift as challenges and priorities change.

The original profile does not specify which online formats she uses, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins, remove travel time, and allow practice of skills in everyday settings. Many clients find remote sessions help keep momentum between appointments while they test out new responses in real life.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

Trauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Antisocial personalityAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Missouri

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and family issues, parenting, grief, and related concerns.

What is her general approach in sessions?

She uses practical, evidence-informed methods like CBT, ACT, DBT, and mindfulness to turn conversation into usable skills and plans.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has ten years of professional experience, including crisis intervention, correctional counseling, community mental health, and private practice.

What credential does she hold and where does she practice?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

Which session formats are used for meetings?

The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current options through the booking flow before scheduling.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What should I do to start working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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