Jenna Willis Aiken , LCMHC

Jenna Willis Aiken is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with six years of professional experience. She works with people facing depression, stress, anxiety, trauma, and abuse, and maintains a focus on issues that commonly affect women, including pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum challenges, and motherhood. Her practice also addresses domestic violence and sexual assault and abuse, with attention to the complex emotional impacts those experiences can have.

Jenna approaches therapy from a strengths-based, client-centered perspective, viewing each person as the expert on their own life and resilient resources as central to the healing process. She combines this collaborative stance with practical strategies drawn from evidence-informed methods to help clients manage symptoms, process difficult experiences, and pursue meaningful change. Jenna recognizes that beginning therapy requires courage and affirms the decision to seek support, offering steady, respectful guidance as people take those first steps toward feeling better.

She brings clinical experience and a calm, empathetic presence to sessions, supporting clients as they explore goals, develop coping skills, and build on existing strengths to navigate transitions and recover from trauma.

Client-Centered and CBT Support Delivered Online

Jenna uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person’s own perspective and strengths guide the work. This approach emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration, and it can be particularly helpful for people processing identity, relationship, and life-transition concerns including motherhood and reproductive experiences.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical coping skills for managing stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. CBT is goal-focused and often includes structured tools for symptom relief and behavior change.

Determining the most helpful approach is part of the therapeutic process; Jenna works collaboratively with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they evaluate what feels most effective and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Jenna is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions or when in-person visits are not practical, while enabling regular check-ins and skill-building between sessions.