Jennifer Gaumer, LCSW

Jennifer Boden Gaumer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Southern California with more than 15 years of experience providing therapy. An LCSW is a master’s-level, licensed professional trained to assess mental health concerns and deliver evidence-based counseling. Over the years, she has supported clients across a range of settings, including a hospital-based child guidance clinic, a residential treatment center, and a community-based professional parenting program serving teenagers in foster care.

Jennifer works with individuals facing many different concerns, such as anxiety, depression, relationship stress, parenting challenges, ADHD, OCD, and learning disabilities. As a trained forensic interviewer, she has also worked with people impacted by physical trauma or emotional abuse, bringing added skill to sensitive conversations and careful listening when experiences feel hard to put into words.

Originally from Connecticut, Jennifer relocated to Southern California in 2009. She earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work in 2001, and completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at Clark University in Massachusetts.

Her style is warm, interactive, and caring. She draws from talk therapy and approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy and problem-solving therapy to help clients build practical tools, reduce distressing symptoms, and create meaningful change. Jennifer views starting therapy as a process that requires courage, strength, and trust, and she approaches that first step with respect for each client’s pace and goals.

Outside of her work as a therapist, she enjoys gardening, home renovation projects, reading, going to the beach, and traveling with her husband and two daughters.