Jenny Ortega, LCSW

Jenny Ortega is an LCSW who works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues related to LGBT identity. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on a few therapy styles to help people find practical tools. Jenny practices from Florida and brings four years of clinical experience to her work.

She emphasizes clear, usable strategies for symptoms like racing thoughts, low mood, sleep trouble, or parenting strain. Sessions focus on building coping skills, improving communication, and addressing trauma or abuse when present. The goal is to teach techniques that make everyday life a little more manageable.

Jenny uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the conversation focused on the person's own goals and perspectives. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to manage strong emotions and improve distress tolerance. Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing are part of her approach when they fit the person’s needs.

Her background includes work with older adults, people on the autism spectrum, survivors of physical and sexual abuse, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. She often supports people dealing with family and parenting challenges, abandonment and adoption concerns, caregiving stress, and relationship difficulties.

Jenny offers a collaborative style and says she will meet people where they are, using formats they prefer. Prospective clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How Jenny Uses Evidence-Based Tools in Online Therapy

Jenny draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on each person's priorities and lived experience; this means the therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead when setting goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions and to teach practical exercises that reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jenny will work with the person to decide which methods feel most useful, adjust techniques over time, and set concrete goals together. The intent is to match treatment to needs, preferences, and day-to-day demands rather than to follow a single method rigidly.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific session formats before booking since options were not fully detailed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer choices for how to communicate during the week. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skills practice to an online setting so that therapy fits into everyday life.