Dr. Jennifer Caspari

Vancouver

Oct 14

Psychologist | Vancouver

Areas of Expertise: Acute/Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Health Anxiety, Sleep (CBT-I), Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Self-Esteem/Self-Worth

Hi, I'm Jen Caspari, a Registered Psychologist in British Columbia and Colorado. I specialize in delivering evidence-based psychotherapies to adults with acute and chronic health issues, including chronic pain, chronic fatigue, sleep difficulty/insomnia, health anxiety, cancer, body image issues, and other health concerns. I also provide evidence-based therapy for mood concerns such as anxiety and depression, stress, life transitions, adjustment concerns, self-esteem, and grief.

I am passionate about helping clients live full and meaningful lives. My therapy style is collaborative, warm, and direct. I aim to support clients in gaining awareness of their thoughts, emotions, and behaviours, and to translate that insight into helpful and personally worthwhile changes in their daily lives. I view my role as helping clients enhance their cognitive, emotional, and behavioural flexibility to improve their functioning, well-being, and overall quality of life.

I am also passionate about writing and training other mental health professionals. For example, I provided a national chronic pain course with PESI, a leader in continuing education for mental health professionals in the United States. I am the author of You Are More Than Your Body: 30+ Evidence-Based Strategies for Living Well with Chronic Illness – By a clinical therapist living with cerebral palsy, published by North Atlantic Books in June 2025, and I write a Psychology Today blog titled Living Well When Your Body Doesn't Cooperate.

Outside of work, I enjoy feeling the sun on my face, spending time with loved ones, moving my body while listening to audiobooks, watching cooking and baking shows, and eating delicious food.

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- Acute/Chronic Illness: Help patients learn coping skills for managing the symptoms, change, and loss that come with acute or chronic illness
- Chronic Pain: Assist patients in learning coping skills for living with chronic pain
- Health Anxiety: Support patients in learning tools to decrease anxious behaviours and lessen the intensity of health-related anxiety
- Sleep: Provide Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) to improve sleep difficulty/insomnia
- Anxiety: Help patients learn strategies to limit mental spinning/decrease the intensity of anxious thoughts, lessen anxious behaviours, and more effectively manage anxiety
- Depression: Assist patients in learning tools to decrease depressive symptoms and increase helpful behaviours
- Stress: Support clients in practicing tools to calm the nervous system and improve emotional regulation
- Self-Esteem/Self-Worth: Help patients lessen self-criticism and learn strategies to improve self-esteem and self-worth
- Individual Therapy
- Assessment
- Brief Therapy
- Undergraduate degree in psychology from American University in Washington, DC
- Master’s degree in community counseling from George Washington University in Washington, DC
- Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Denver in Denver, CO
- Specialized training in behavioural medicine and health psychology, including post-doctoral training in psycho-oncology at the Colorado Blood Cancer Institute (CBCI) in Denver, CO
- The therapy modalities I am trained in include:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
- CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I)
- CBT for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)