About Me
Welcome. I’m Jennifer, a Licensed Professional Counselor with nearly two decades of experience supporting adults seeking meaningful change, clarity, and relief from emotional pain. My style is intuitive, collaborative, and gently direct. I help you identify what is not working and support you in making space for what truly matters.
Clients often come to me when they feel overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, or caught in recurring emotional or relational patterns. I work with Highly Sensitive Persons, people recovering from trauma, codependent dynamics, anxiety, grief, and those navigating work, life stress, and major transitions. I also have a deep interest in supporting people living with chronic or invisible illness, and I understand the emotional toll of managing long-term health conditions.
My approach is integrative. I draw from Brainspotting, EMDR, Internal Family Systems-informed work, somatic awareness, mindfulness, ACT, DBT, Emotional Freedom Technique, family systems, and humanistic approaches. I tailor therapy to your unique needs and nervous system, and I bring reflection, meaning-making, and psychoeducation when those tools are helpful. A fuller overview of my training and professional background is available on my Background & Modalities page.
Therapy, in my view, is not about fixing you, because you are not broken. It is about creating space to hear your truth, unburden old patterns, and grow into the life you want to live.
A thread that runs through all of my work is self-compassion. Drawing on mindfulness traditions, Buddhist psychology, and the research of pioneers like Kristin Neff, I believe healing deepens when we learn to meet ourselves with kindness rather than criticism. For many clients, this becomes one of the most quietly transformative parts of the work.
I bring lived experience to this practice, including my own journey with chronic illness and the ongoing practice of mindful living. This informs my presence with clients: not only clinical knowledge, but deep empathy and patience for what it means to live with ongoing physical and emotional challenges.
I also have years of experience exploring embodied and energy-based healing, including yoga, Nia, Healing Touch, Emotional Freedom Technique, Reiki, and facilitating mindful movement and dance experiences. These practices shape how I understand healing, not only as something that happens in the mind, but through the whole person.
I love exploring the Enneagram and weave it into our work when it feels useful. In my personal life, I find restoration in hiking, photography in nature, swimming, and time with dear friends and family.
If you’re seeking a therapist who will meet you with warmth, intuition, honesty, and respect for your unfolding journey, I would be honored to work with you. My practice is inclusive and affirming of all identities and life experiences.
