I'm a psychotherapist with over a decade of experience helping people find meaning, healing, and growth through their struggles. I am licensed in the states of Illinois and California. While I believe each person's trials and issues are unique, I've come to specialize in helping my clients navigate grief and loss, chronic pain and illness, depression and mood problems, anxiety and fear, turbulent life transitions, and issues around self-esteem and identity.
I approach my work with clients from depth psychological and systems perspectives. That means I look at your inner world (thoughts, feelings, dreams, fantasies, and creativity) and your outer world (habits, relationships, lifestyle, work and hobbies) to best understand what you're dealing with and where shifts need to happen in order for you to feel better. I also employ a psychodynamic approach, meaning we look at what experiences from your past may have been internalized to create how you're experiencing your life now. In more formal language, I employ psychodynamic, Jungian, relational, CBT, DBT, and humanistic modalities.
Seeking out counseling is such a big, vulnerable step, and I wholly acknowledge the risk you're taking in doing so. We'll start out working together by exploring what you're looking for, questions and concerns you have, and I'll share about how I work and what you can expect. My intention in providing therapy is to help you find meaning, wisdom, and empowerment no matter your circumstances. I offer warmth and empathy along with insight and action steps so you feel helped and equipped to work through whatever is difficult for you right now.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coaching, Compassion fatigue
CA LCSW 90203
IL LCSW 149016185
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Jennifer really helped me through an incredibly difficult time in my relationship. She helped me to do some soul searching when I felt very lost and always came from a kind and compassionate place with no judgement. Thank you Jennifer!
Written on Mar 11, 2020 after therapy with Jennifer for 3 weeks