Jena Ourso , LCSW

Jena Ourso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana with 11 years of professional experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges. They bring a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate approach to work with individuals navigating stress, grief, trauma, mood disorders, PTSD, ADHD, autism, substance use, codependency, and LGBTQIA-related concerns, including issues related to BDSM and kink culture.

As a non-binary clinician, Jena emphasizes collaborative care, partnering with each person to define goals and tailor both conversation and treatment plans to meet unique needs. Their practice also addresses relationship and family dynamics, parenting, addiction, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, depression, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment matters, adoption and foster care, chronic illness and disability, communication and commitment issues, and complex mood and dissociative presentations.

Jena combines clinical experience with a client-centered orientation, aiming to create an atmosphere where taking the first step is met with respect and pragmatic support. They encourage prospective clients to acknowledge the courage in beginning therapy and to move forward knowing treatment will be individualized and goal-focused.

Therapeutic Approaches and Benefits of Online Care

Jena draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify their values and build psychological flexibility - practical skills that support managing anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore patterns of relating and connection, which can be helpful for people working through relationship challenges, attachment wounds, adoption or foster care concerns, and family dynamics. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a collaborative, empathetic stance in which the therapist follows the client's lead and supports self-directed growth, making it well suited for concerns like low self-esteem, grief, and coping with change.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process, and Jena works together with each client to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process guides how sessions are structured and which strategies are emphasized.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - so people can access licensed professionals from home, during work breaks, or while managing family responsibilities. These options make it easier to fit consistent care into busy lives and can increase accessibility for those in different regions of Louisiana.