Education
- PhD, Florida International University
- Master of Social Work
- Cornell University Summer Research Institute alumna
- Published clinical researcher
About the therapist
The therapist you actually get to know.
Twenty years of practice have taught me when to press and when to wait, and the waiting is usually the harder skill. What you get from me is steadiness, honesty about the patterns I notice, and no push toward a readiness you do not have yet.
20+
years in practice
20+Years of clinical practice
20Years as a professor and program director
PhDFlorida International University
LCSWFlorida license #8431
My background
A career built on thousands of hours in the room.
Clinical work, research, teaching and leadership — each one feeding the others.
My practice grew out of two decades of clinical work with children, families and adults, alongside a parallel career in academia. I have directed an academic program, led an agency as clinical director, supervised clinicians, published clinical research, and taught at graduate level for twenty years.
I am a court-recognized forensic clinician specializing in clinical assessment and trauma treatment, and I hold Qualified Supervisor status through the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work.
"A steady, trusting presence for your healing journey."
What that range means in practice is that I do not run the work from a manual. I would rather go slower and have the change hold than move quickly and lose you along the way.
Credentials & training
The formal part.
Licensure, education and affiliations, in case you want to check.
Licensure
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Florida #8431
- Qualified Supervisor, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work
- NPI 1528451333
- Practising throughout the state of Florida
Forensic work
- Court-recognized forensic clinician
- Clinical assessment and evaluation
- Extensive training in trauma treatment
- Adoption home studies
Affiliations
- National Association of Social Workers
- Council on Social Work Education
- Executive Board, Jacksonville Education Health and Resources Center
- Clinical supervisor to practising therapists
Symptom relief is a start, not a finish. The deeper work is understanding why the pattern formed — and what it has been protecting.
Dr. Jennifer Wilson, PhD, LCSW
How I work
How the work actually goes.
Evidence-based, and chosen for the person in front of me rather than applied by default.
Psychodynamic depth
Where a pattern came from, what it protected, and why it holds on long after it stopped helping.
Trauma work, at your pace
Trauma-informed throughout, and never hurried. We go there once you have the ground under you.
Practical, in-between tools
Breathing, sleep, regulation. Small things you can actually use at 2am, not just in session.
Somatic work & breath
Because insight alone rarely settles a body that has learned to stay on alert.
What to expect
Three steps, starting with a conversation.
No paperwork before you know I'm the right fit.
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1
Consultation call
About fifteen minutes. You tell me what's going on, I listen, and we work out whether I'm the right person. If I'm not, you'll leave with a referral rather than a dead end.
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2
Assessment & direction
We build a picture together of where you are and where you want to get to, and decide whether that's ongoing therapy or a defined intensive.
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3
The work
We go where you're ready to go, and not further. I stay in contact between sessions, and we check the direction as we go.
Outside the office
I live here too.
I live here with my husband and my son. You'll find me at the beach, at lacrosse games, and at whatever's on in town that week.
A portion of every intensive funds a Woman-In-Need session — because every woman deserves access to compassionate care.
Start here
Let's start with a conversation.
Fifteen minutes, no cost, no pressure. Tell me what's going on, and we'll work out together whether I'm the right person for it.