Jennifer Bloom
Hi, I'm Jennifer, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in childhood trauma, emotional neglect, narcissistic abuse, and painful family relationships. My approach is gentle, person-centered, and trauma-informed, offering more than traditional talk therapy.
I believe clients deserve a therapist who is fully present with them—not simply someone reciting techniques or checking boxes.
I help clients process unresolved wounds, reconnect with themselves, rebuild self-trust, and heal at their own pace without judgment, pressure to forgive, or expectations to reconcile.
First session
Your first session is an opportunity to explore what brings you to therapy, the experiences that have shaped you, and what you hope to work through. We'll discuss your concerns, goals, and what hasn't felt helpful in the past. There's no pressure to share everything at once. My approach is gentle, trauma-informed, and individualized, allowing us to explore your experiences at a pace that feels comfortable for you while beginning to identify what healing might look like on your terms.
Strengths
Sometimes the deepest wounds are the ones no one else can see. The childhood experiences, emotional neglect, and painful relationships you learned to carry quietly can follow you long into adulthood. What makes my approach different is that we go beyond simply talking about your experiences or learning ways to cope. I believe some wounds need more than words. My work is gentle, experiential, and trauma-informed, incorporating approaches like Brainspotting and emotional processing to explore what may have been carried beneath the surface for years. I won't challenge your feelings, tell you how to think, or push you toward forgiveness. Instead, I create space for the emotions and parts of yourself that may never have felt safe enough to be acknowledged. This is about reconnecting with yourself, reclaiming your voice, and no longer allowing your past to define your relationship with yourself.
Ideal clients
My ideal client is someone navigating childhood trauma, emotional neglect, narcissistic abuse, or painful family relationships. They may be tired of questioning themselves, struggling with self-trust, and carrying unresolved emotional wounds. They’re seeking more than traditional talk therapy and want to reconnect with their voice, rebuild trust in themselves, and heal at their own pace without judgment or pressure. They may feel misunderstood, struggle with family boundaries, or grieve the love and validation they never received. They’re ready to explore the deeper emotional impact of their experiences through gentle, trauma-informed approaches. They want a space where their feelings matter, their experiences are validated, and healing can happen without pressure to forgive, reconcile, or make peace with anyone who has hurt them.
Origin story
What inspires me most is witnessing people reconnect with their voices, trust their own experiences, and begin to understand themselves in new ways. I believe healing doesn't require you to minimize your pain, forgive someone before you're ready, or pretend the past didn't happen. It begins with having the freedom to explore your story at your own pace.
Ongoing work together
Our work together will be gentle, collaborative, and guided by your needs, experiences, and pace. We’ll move beyond simply talking about what happened and explore the deeper emotional impact of past experiences through trauma-informed, experiential approaches such as Brainspotting, somatic awareness, and guided emotional processing. There is no pressure to revisit anything before you feel ready, forgive anyone, or follow a predetermined timeline. Progress may look like feeling more connected to yourself, recognizing and honoring your emotions, developing stronger boundaries, trusting your own voice, and feeling less defined by your past. You may notice that situations that once felt overwhelming begin to feel more manageable, that you’re no longer questioning yourself as often, or that you feel more comfortable taking up space and honoring your needs. Healing isn't always linear, and progress doesn't mean forgetting what happened. It's about building a deeper relationship with yourself and creating room to live without carrying the same emotional weight.
Treatment methods
Brainspotting
Imagine your brain is like a big library." Sometimes, when something really big happens—like something scary, sad, or overwhelming—your brain doesn’t know where to put that memory or feeling. It kind of gets stuck on a shelf all messy. Brainspotting is a way to help your brain clean up that messy shelf. A therapist helps you find a special “spot” with your eyes—like a place you look that connects to that stuck feeling. Weird, right? But it works! When you look at that spot, your brain starts to unlock the feelings, even if you don’t have to talk about it. It helps your body calm down, and your brain sort things out like it was meant to. So Brainspotting is like giving your brain a quiet way to heal and feel better—kind of like how a cut heals without you doing anything, just by giving it the right conditions.
Trauma-Informed Care
Sometimes, people go through really tough things that can leave behind big feelings like fear, sadness, or anger. That’s called trauma. It’s like your brain and body remember the hard stuff, even when you want to forget. A trauma-informed therapist knows that those hard things can make it hard to trust, talk, or even feel safe. So they go extra slow, listen really carefully, and never push you to talk about anything before you’re ready. They help you feel calm, in control, and safe while you work through those tough memories—one step at a time.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
Imagine you’re talking to someone who doesn’t try to fix you, boss you around, or tell you what to do. They just really care about how you feel and what you’re going through. In person-centered therapy, the therapist is like a kind, calm guide. They listen without judging you, and they believe you’re the expert on you. That means they think you already have the answers inside—you just might need a little help finding them. It’s like having someone who holds the flashlight while you explore your own thoughts and feelings.
Supportive
Gestalt Therapy & Experiential Role-Playing Sometimes there are things we never got the chance to say—words we swallowed, feelings we pushed down, or conversations that never felt safe enough to have. Within supportive therapy, I may incorporate Gestalt-informed techniques, role-playing, and the Empty Chair exercise to help you work through those unfinished conversations. The Empty Chair allows you to imagine the person you have something to say to sitting across from you. With my guidance, you can speak openly, express emotions, set boundaries, ask the questions you never got to ask, or finally say the things you have been carrying. We may also use role reversal, where you take on the perspective or voice of the other person. This can help you explore the relationship from a different angle and notice emotions, patterns, or unmet needs that may have been difficult to recognize before. This isn't about pretending the conversation actually happened or forcing forgiveness or reconciliation. It's about giving your experience a voice. Whether you need to confront someone who hurt you, speak to someone you never felt safe confronting, set a boundary you struggled to express, or finally tell someone what their actions meant to you, these experiential techniques can provide a safe space to explore what has been left unresolved. You don't have to confront anyone in real life to begin processing what happened. Sometimes, saying it here—out loud, honestly, and without censoring yourself—is where healing can begin.
Compassion-Focused
ECOTHERAPY I offer walk-and-talk therapy in Tampa, Florida. We can meet outdoors and talk while walking in nature. For our first session, we’ll meet virtually so we can get to know each other, discuss what brings you to therapy, and go over the intake process. Before we meet outdoors, I’ll also send you a document to review and sign that explains some of the things that are outside of my control when we’re meeting in a public space, so you understand what to expect and can decide if this approach feels right for you. O🌿
Location
Virtual sessions