Jennifer "Jen" Bindeman, LICSW, MD, LCSW-C

Jennifer "Jen" Bindeman is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of professional experience working with individuals facing a range of emotional and life challenges. She practices across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia and holds credentials as a LICSW and an LCSW-C - LICSW stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and LCSW-C stands for Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical, both indicating advanced clinical social work training and licensure.

Her clinical focus includes work with LGBT clients, trauma and abuse recovery, eating and food-related issues, self-esteem and confidence building, and depression. She also brings experience addressing abandonment and attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, kink and alternative sex culture, blended family dynamics, body image, caregiver stress, substance use, dissociation, and family of origin matters. Her approach draws on established therapeutic methods to support motivation and sustainable change.

Bindeman approaches each person with the assumption that they are the expert on their own story and that strengths already exist to support growth. Her goal is to help clients identify and access those strengths while clarifying a path forward. She welcomes those who are beginning the work of change and considers it an honor to support people as they move toward their goals.