Dr. Jennifer Outlaw, LISW, LISW-CP, MD, LCSW-C
Calm-focused therapy for life’s hard moments
About Jennifer
Dr. Jennifer Outlaw helps people facing stress, anxiety, mood swings, addiction, sleep problems, trauma, and relationship strain. She also supports people dealing with parenting challenges, attention concerns, body image, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and career or life transitions.
Dr. Outlaw uses a practical, down-to-earth style and focuses on what will help day to day. She has ten years of clinical experience and holds the listed social work and medical credentials.
Background and approach
Her sessions are straightforward and collaborative. She listens first, then helps people notice how thoughts, feelings, and the body interact. She uses somatic approaches to bring attention to bodily sensations, and blends methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered care.
Conversations include breathing, grounding, and simple skills practice when helpful. Dr. Outlaw has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
That background informs her work with people who have severe or persistent mental health concerns as well as those facing shorter-term struggles. She aims to make strategies usable outside session, so people can handle stress and setbacks more smoothly. Sessions may address complex issues such as bipolar mood changes, trauma and abuse, eating or sleep difficulties, and substance use.
She also helps with attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family stress, and communication or commitment problems. The approach is tailored to each person’s goals and daily life. People who connect with her often want clear tools, honest feedback, and support that feels grounded.
Dr. Outlaw works in English and accepts international clients. Her listed credentials include LISW, LISW-CP, MD, and LCSW-C.
How somatic and evidence-based approaches work online
Somatic work helps people notice how the body holds stress and emotion. In sessions this might include checking breath, muscle tone, and simple grounding moves to name sensations and calm the system. It can be useful for trauma, anxiety, and persistent stress where the body reacts before the mind.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small, committed actions toward them. It teaches ways to accept difficult thoughts while moving toward a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they adjust techniques over time so the plan feels useful in everyday life.
Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to use therapeutic tools in real settings. Video lets the therapist and client practice grounding and notice body signals. Phone and chat options offer flexibility for busy schedules or people who prefer less visual contact. These formats aim to make ongoing support more accessible and manageable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Sleeping disorders
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas
- Languages
- English