Dr. Jennifer Cowen, CA Psychologist 30923

Practical tools
Values-focused
Relationship-aware

About Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Cowen is a California psychologist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting strains, depression, grief, and major life changes. She also supports those coping with ADHD, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating struggles, and codependency. Her style aims to make hard problems feel more manageable one step at a time.

She trained at the University of California, Los Angeles and completed postdoctoral work focused on early childhood. Over 23 years she has blended clinical research with practical assessment to shape treatment plans that fit each person’s life. Her credential is CA Psychologist 30923.

In sessions she listens first and then helps clients pick tools that match their goals. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to notice habits that keep problems going. She uses attachment-focused perspectives to understand relationship patterns and how early experiences affect today’s choices.

Dr. Cowen also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values even when feelings are hard. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is part of her approach for working through emotional blocks and improving connection. She aims to keep conversations clear and actionable, with steps people can try between meetings.

Her work includes supporting people affected by adoption and foster care, abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image concerns, and aging issues. She helps clients balance practical coping skills with longer-term changes in patterns and relationships.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Dr. Cowen uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and move toward what matters to them. ACT is often useful for anxiety, chronic stress, and life changes because it focuses on values and committed action rather than eliminating every uncomfortable feeling.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people who struggle with trust, closeness, or recurring relationship cycles understand and shift those patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify thinking and behavior habits that keep problems going and to practice alternative ways of responding.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Cowen will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try. That plan is revisited as needed so therapy stays aligned with what a client wants to accomplish.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a work break, avoiding travel time, or choosing phone rather than video when bandwidth is limited. Many clients find that consistent online appointments help maintain progress between meetings.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyParenting issuesDepression Coping with life changesADHD

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief Intimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelity Isolation / loneliness JealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

23+ years

Credentials

California

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, grief, trauma, ADHD concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, codependency, sleep and eating problems, and career or caregiving strain.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is listening first and then choosing clear strategies together. Sessions focus on practical steps and on understanding patterns that affect daily life.

How much experience does she have?

She has 23 years of clinical experience working with a broad range of emotional and developmental concerns.

What credentials and region are listed?

She is a California psychologist listed as CA Psychologist 30923 and practices in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients accepted?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are costs structured?

Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.