Jennifer Gadberry, LPC

Jennifer Gadberry is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 23 years of experience serving Southeast Missouri. She began her career as a crisis counselor, later providing care in outpatient settings and working in a residential treatment center for children and teens, and has also served as an Instructor of Psychology. Over the years she has worked with children, adolescents, and adults, offering individual, couples, and family counseling both in clients' homes and in her private practice in Southeast Missouri.

Her practice has addressed a wide range of concerns including relationship challenges, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, parenting difficulties, and family conflict. As a college instructor she frequently supports young adults navigating life transitions and draws on that experience when helping clients move through change.

Jennifer describes her approach as client-centered, rooted in the belief that people have the capacity to grow when given support and empathy. She integrates a Christian faith perspective when clients prefer that framework and emphasizes strengths, insight, and hope. Therapeutic work may include solution-focused planning, cognitive-behavioral exercises, mindfulness and relaxation practices, and narrative activities informed by a humanistic outlook.

Jennifer aims to collaborate with each person to set achievable goals and develop a practical plan for growth, meeting clients where they are and building on their unique strengths.