Licensed to practice in 3 states and accepts 55 insurances. Specializes in Family Conflict, Sexual Abuse, Trauma and PTSD and 8 more.
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Some wounds don’t show on the surface. They live in the way you second-guess yourself, struggle to trust, feel responsible for everyone else’s emotions, or brace yourself for rejection even when you’re grown. Sometimes what we call “family conflict” is actually the lifelong imprint of relationships that taught you to survive before you ever learned how to feel safe. My work with women 35+ focuses on the deeper layers beneath family struggles—attachment wounds, enmeshment, emotional abuse, chronic invalidation, unresolved childhood trauma, estrangement, and painful patterns that continue to surface in adult relationships. Maybe you’ve spent years being the peacemaker, carrying everyone else’s emotions, questioning your own reality, or feeling guilty for finally creating boundaries. Maybe you’ve reached a point where you’re asking, “Why can’t it be my turn to be attended to?” “Why was I programmed to believe that I’m being selfish for having needs and wants?” “Why can’t I matter as well?” Or “What would my life feel like if I stopped allowing my past to dictate my present?” Therapy with me isn’t about forcing reconciliation, assigning blame, or telling you to simply “let it go.” It’s about creating space to understand what happened, honor what you experienced, process the wounds you’ve carried, and begin responding to life from a place of greater self-trust and emotional freedom. Because sometimes healing means changing the relationship with your family. Sometimes it means creating distance. And sometimes it means finally realizing that you can love someone, grieve someone, or walk away from someone without abandoning yourself. You don’t have to spend the rest of your life managing the consequences of what happened in your childhood. Your past deserves to be understood—but it does not deserve to own your future.
Your first session is a space for you to begin showing up exactly as you are—without pressure, judgment, or the expectation to share everything all at once. I primarily work with women ages 35 and older navigating Complex PTSD, childhood trauma, emotional wounds, abusive relationships, family dysfunction, and generational trauma, and I understand how difficult it can feel to begin therapy, especially when trust and safety have been impacted by past experiences. During our first session, we will move at a pace that feels safe and manageable for you. My goal is to get to know you beyond the trauma—to understand your experiences, current challenges, relationship patterns, emotional triggers, and what has brought you to therapy at this stage of your life. We will also begin exploring how trauma may be affecting your nervous system, emotional regulation, sense of self, boundaries, and relationships. You do not need to have the “right words” or a perfectly organized story. Many women with Complex PTSD have spent years surviving, minimizing their pain, or carrying emotional burdens alone. Therapy with me is not about forcing vulnerability or retraumatizing you. It is about creating a supportive, grounded space where healing can begin safely. I integrate Brainspotting, IFS-informed therapy, Empty Chair work, and Person-Centered approaches depending on your needs and readiness. In the beginning, much of our work focuses on building emotional safety, trust, nervous system regulation, and understanding the patterns trauma has created—so healing feels sustainable rather than overwhelming.
I could list my training, certifications, and years of experience—but what matters most to me cannot truly be captured on a résumé. What matters most is the moment a woman who has spent decades surviving finally feels, even briefly, that she no longer has to brace for impact. One of my greatest strengths is my ability to look beneath the surface. I recognize that behaviors such as hypervigilance, people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, perfectionism, hyper-independence, and overfunctioning are often adaptations rather than flaws. I approach these parts with compassion and curiosity rather than judgment, helping clients understand what their nervous system and protective parts have been trying to do for them. I also bring a strong respect for the therapeutic relationship. Many of the women I work with have spent years feeling overlooked, dismissed, misunderstood, or responsible for everyone else's emotions. I want therapy to be a place where, perhaps for the first time, they don't have to be the strong one, the understanding one, or the one taking care of everyone else. They get to be tended to. I bring an ability to meet clients where they are without rushing their process. I am comfortable sitting with grief, anger, complexity, and the messy parts of healing. I don't expect clients to have everything figured out before they walk through the door. Most importantly, I bring authenticity. I believe clients deserve a therapist who is fully present with them—not simply someone reciting techniques or checking boxes. I bring compassion, honesty, curiosity, and a willingness to get into the trenches with my clients as they process their experiences and reconnect with themselves. My hope is that clients eventually begin to experience something that may have felt unfamiliar for much of their lives: “I don't have to abandon myself anymore. I matter, too.”
Many of the women I work with arrive at therapy feeling exhausted from being the person everyone else depends on. They may have spent years putting their own needs aside, keeping the peace, managing other people's emotions, or simply trying to hold everything together. On the outside, they may appear strong and capable, while internally they feel overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck, or unsure of who they are beneath everything they've had to carry. They often come with questions like: “Why am I always the one who has to understand?” “Why do I keep ending up in relationships that hurt me?” “Why is it so difficult for me to set boundaries without feeling guilty?” “Why can't I trust myself?” “Why do I always put everyone else first?” “When is it finally my turn?” “Why can't I matter too?” Many are also beginning to recognize patterns they've lived with for years—people-pleasing, hyper-independence, perfectionism, emotional shutdown, overfunctioning, difficulty trusting others, or constantly being on alert for the next problem. They may not always know exactly what they need when they begin therapy. Sometimes they simply know that they cannot keep living the way they have been living. My goal is to help women move from surviving to truly living. Together, we work toward developing a deeper understanding of their experiences, reconnecting with themselves, learning to recognize and honor their needs, establishing healthier boundaries, and creating relationships that feel safer and more reciprocal. Ultimately, I want my clients to leave therapy with more than coping skills. I want them to develop a stronger relationship with themselves—to trust their instincts, understand their emotions, recognize their worth, and feel less controlled by the wounds of their past. Healing isn't about becoming someone new. It's about reconnecting with the woman who was there all along.
Cash - $175 per session
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WellCare
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.
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.
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.
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.
3 ratings with written reviews
September 4, 2025
Jennifer was exceptionally informative and kind. She did a wonderful job of explaining what to expect out of sessions (which was important to me) and makes it very comfortable to share feedback about how the sessions are working. I am looking forward to continuing to work with her!
March 12, 2025
She made me feel comfortable to express my feelings, I cried the majority of the session - but I was able to talk about my trauma that I have faced for 21 years of my life. I am glad I picked Jennifer to be my therapist as I try and overcome these life events from my past.
January 30, 2025
Very understanding, and very knowledgeable about trauma