- Family of origin issues
- Attachment and abandonment
- Mindfulness and IFS
About Jennifer
Jennifer Altheimer is an ACA counsellor and PACFA member with 18 years of clinical experience in Australia. She works with relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, self-esteem, anxiety and stress, and issues linked to family of origin. She also supports people facing grief, career shifts, intimacy questions, and compassion fatigue.
Her approach is straightforward and centred on the person's own strengths. Sessions focus on listening, clarifying what matters, and finding practical ways to change everyday patterns. Jennifer uses client-centred principles and draws on mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to help people gain more choice in how they respond.
She pays particular attention to attachment and abandonment themes when these come up. This can include looking at how childhood patterns affect adult relationships, communication, commitment and feelings of emptiness or shame. Work may cover blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and separation or divorce concerns.
Jennifer also integrates Internal Family Systems ideas to help people notice different parts of themselves and how those parts relate. Exercises might include simple mindfulness practices, brief goal-focused steps, and talking through relationship roles and expectations. Sessions aim to be practical and readable between ordinary life demands.
People interested in coaching-style work will find solution-focused tools used alongside counselling. The site’s booking flow asks a few short questions to match needs before scheduling a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How her approaches are used in online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person to find their own solutions. It helps when someone needs clearer self-understanding and practical ways to change daily interactions.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices and grounding techniques. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, grief and issues where strong emotions make decisions hard.
Internal Family Systems helps people notice the different parts inside them and how those parts influence relationships and behaviour. It can be helpful for attachment concerns, shame, emptiness and coping with family of origin patterns.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, day-to-day needs and preferences, and together they will try methods that suit the situation. That collaborative process guides which techniques are used and how sessions are paced.
The practical benefits of online work include being able to fit sessions into a busy week and avoid travel time. Online sessions can make it easier to use short check-ins, practice mindfulness between meetings, or schedule appointments around work and caregiving. Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship and family concerns, parenting, self-esteem, anxiety, stress, grief and related issues such as attachment, abandonment and family of origin matters.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centred and practical. She listens first, then uses mindfulness, solution-focused steps and Internal Family Systems ideas as needed.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience working with people on relationship, family and personal issues in Australia.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a member of the Australian Counselling Association (ACA) and PACFA, and practises in Australia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions structured and what formats are offered?
Specific session formats are not listed in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking so you know what format will be used.
How does the subscription and booking process work?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To get started, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
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