About Jenise
Jenise Aydell-Hontiveros is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps adults manage worry, low mood, anger, and big life changes. She practices in Louisiana and brings 17 years of experience to conversations about stress, relationships, parenting strain, grief, and intimacy concerns. She welcomes straightforward talk and practical steps toward feeling better.
Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University and a Master of Social Work from Southern University of New Orleans.
Background and approach
Jenise has been practicing since 2007 and holds the LA LCSW 9861 license. Her training and years in practice shape a calm, steady style in sessions. Jenise uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs.
She draws on somatic work to notice how the body holds stress, and on Client-Centered techniques to keep sessions grounded in the person's own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools help with mood, anxiety, and managing intense emotions. In a session, she focuses on listening without judgment and finding small, usable steps forward.
She aims to help people understand patterns, practice new responses, and reduce overwhelming feelings. Conversations are practical and paced to the person’s comfort. People come to her for everything from chronic pain and illness concerns to workplace stress and parenting challenges.
She also addresses trauma, panic, social anxiety, and life-purpose questions. Her work blends empathy with concrete strategies to help people cope and move ahead.
How therapeutic approaches and online sessions connect
Jenise commonly integrates Somatic Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy depending on what a person needs. Somatic work invites attention to body sensations and can help when stress or trauma shows up as physical tension or pain. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a trusting, nonjudgmental space so people can set goals and lead the pace of work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to identify patterns and practice practical changes for anxiety, mood, and panic.Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist and person talk about goals, try approaches that feel comfortable, and adjust over time. Jenise aims to match tools to each person’s preferences and life demands rather than use one fixed method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, or health needs and allow people to use the communication style they prefer. Licensed professionals can carry out the same planning, skill practice, and check-ins online that happen in person, while letting people reach support from home or other convenient places.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English