Jennifer Hayden, LPC
Colorado · 22 years in practice
Jennifer Hayden, LPC, helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, or major life changes.
License and registration
- LPC, Colorado
- LPC.0011411 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1881622249 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Jennifer
Jennifer Hayden, LPC, helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, or major life changes. She uses straightforward language and a practical style to help people make small changes that add up. Her aim is to reduce shame and make treatment feel manageable for busy lives.
With 22 years in practice, she blends several counseling approaches to meet different needs. She often uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) alongside cognitive-behavioral tools to address trauma, addiction-related patterns, and painful memories.
Background and approach
Mindfulness strategies and client-centered care are woven into sessions to help people notice what matters and build daily habits that support recovery. Her background includes work across mental health and substance use settings, and she approaches addictive behaviors such as gambling and substance misuse without judgment.
She frames conditions like bipolar disorder, chronic pain, and compassion fatigue within medical and behavioral perspectives so people can see treatment as one part of managing health. Sessions focus on practical steps - identifying stuck patterns, learning new coping skills, and tracking progress. Conversations are collaborative: goals are set together and adjusted as needed.
Jennifer emphasizes skills people can use between sessions to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. People seeking help for relationship strain, parenting stress, sleep or eating concerns, attention difficulties, or career-related distress will find a pragmatic therapist who balances problem-solving with emotional understanding.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jennifer lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jennifer names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches work online
Jennifer blends EMDR, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and client-centered work to address trauma, addictive behaviors, and day-to-day challenges. EMDR is a way of processing distressing memories and patterns that can reduce their intensity over time. Cognitive-behavioral work focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavioral experiments to change outcomes. Client-centered therapy creates a respectful space where the person sets the pace and priorities.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to try EMDR for trauma work, CBT for symptoms and skills, or a mix of approaches to match current needs.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone sessions can be a quick check-in or better when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat works for brief check-ins and ongoing support. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, and related areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is down-to-earth and practical. Sessions combine listening with concrete skill-building and goal setting.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 22 years of experience working in mental health and substance use settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an LPC credential and practices from Colorado.
Can I work with her if I live in another country?
Sessions are conducted in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible care.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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