About
Jenna has extensive experience working with therapists looking for support in doing their own work and also with individuals and families who are affected by trauma. She utilizes a holistic approach to therapy combining Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Brainspotting for a perspective that incorporates mind, body, and soul care.
Jenna's practice has a main focus on walking alongside therapists who have chosen to work on aspects of their own lives. This is work that can be challenging, deep, and very meaningful. This focus of practice is one that she really enjoys and holds a lot of admiration and respect for those who choose to enter into this space.
The other main focus in Jenna's practice is with performance and sports psychology. In this she works to help professionals, businesses, athletes, and coaches consider how emotional, physical, and mental aspects are dependent on each other to achieve optimal performance in whatever discipline is being pursued.
An additional specialty area is for those who are looking for help in dealing with choices related to health, wellness, and medical conditions. Jenna's support for clients looking for guidance here includes using a full mind/body/nervous system approach for those preparing for and/or recovering from medical procedures, dealing with ongoing pain, recovering from sports injury, navigating choices and grief related to infertility struggles, as well as coping with emotional challenges that are often present alongside all of these conditions.
Jenna focuses treatment here on helping client's navigate and achieve full mind/body informed consent before having a medical intervention, starting/changing medication, or engaging in any type of treatment they are considering pursuing. This interest developed out of a number of her own personal experiences where she discovered exploring both a mind and body approach to gain full informed consent, led to a positive impact for her both emotionally and physically and potentially led to a more successful outcome from her choices of intervention. This positive impact held true when engaging in a mind/body repair process where this consent approach had not been considered prior to a procedure or treatment was engaged in.
The purpose of navigating full mind/body informed consent is to consider your nervous system as you make decision about your care and to honor the emotional and psychological aspects of engaging in care and treatment for yourself. This type of integrated informed consent will help you decide and choose what is truly right for you and impacts the success of the treatment you choose.
Jenna also works to help you identify areas of repair that may be needed and engage in mind/body repair for previous procedures/medical interventions where full consent may not have been gained by your system.
Jenna's goal in therapy is to create a relationship where she can help you learn more about yourself and the Self inside all of us that is calm, clear, curious, and connected. The work is focused on identifying and building trust and connection to parts of you that exist in your life that impact your overall functioning. Work together will center on helping you identify present challenges and blocks, help you reach your optimal performance goals, and facilitate healing and wholeness that is Self-led and unique to you.
Jenna is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience in providing Individual, Family, and Couples Therapy. She has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Bethel University and a Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from Bethel Seminary. She is a Level 2 trained IFS professional and is also trained in Brainspotting.
IFS and Brainspotting are evidenced-based therapies. The combination of these models creates an integrative process that involves mind, spirit, and body work that is very effective and honoring to all parts of you.
