Jennifer Gaumer

Jennifer Gaumer is a licensed clinical social worker based in Southern California with 13 years of clinical experience. She has provided therapy across a variety of settings, including a hospital-based child guidance clinic, a residential treatment center, and a community-based professional parenting program serving teenagers in foster care.

Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, parenting challenges, anger management, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, self-esteem issues, bipolar disorder, depression, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. She has also worked with clients facing obsessive-compulsive symptoms and learning disabilities, and, as a trained forensic interviewer, has supported people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse.

Jennifer earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work in 2001 and completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at Clark University in Massachusetts. Originally from Connecticut, she relocated to Southern California in 2009. She is a licensed clinical social worker in both California and Connecticut.

Her counseling approach is warm, interactive, and caring. She draws on talk therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and problem-solving therapy to help clients build practical skills for reducing troubling symptoms and making meaningful changes in their lives. Building a therapeutic relationship requires courage, strength, and trust, and she seeks to support clients through that process.

Outside of her professional work, Jennifer enjoys gardening, home renovation projects, reading, spending time at the beach, and traveling with her husband and two daughters. She looks forward to working with clients seeking support and change.