About Jennifer
Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Wayland Baptist University in 2008. Her experiences working with individuals in distress—through roles in child protective services, at a community nonprofit organization, and as a foster parent—motivated her to pursue further education. This commitment allowed her to develop new skills and enhance her ability to continue serving people in her community. She earned her Master of Science in Professional Counseling from Grand Canyon University in 2021. Jennifer is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and a Certified Grief Informed Professional.
Jennifer has experience working with adults, teens, and children facing a wide range of concerns, including grief and loss, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. She employs a holistic and individualized approach, often integrating techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, attachment theory, and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to best meet each person’s unique needs.
Jennifer firmly believes in the inherent value and potential within every individual. She recognizes that with the right support, people can experience more of what they cherish most in life. Jennifer strives to create a supportive, empathetic, and compassionate environment for all. Her goal is to help individuals discover enduring hope—hope that sustains them through life's challenges and difficulties.
In her free time, Jennifer enjoys creating memories with her husband and two children, spending quality time with family and friends, reading, live music, and having new experiences through travel.
A word about fireweed
Jennifer has always been captivated by fireweed. During her childhood in Alaska, she would stand in awe beside mountainsides blanketed with this beautiful plant. True to its name, fireweed is a beautiful, hardy, and resilient plant that frequently appears after the devastation of a forest fire. Amidst a landscape of ash and soot, these stunning flowers bloom from their roots as they grow, signaling that there will once again be life in this place.
This is a picture of Enduring Hope.
We all find ourselves in some version of a scorched mountainside—difficult life circumstances, major losses or changes, painful events we struggle to forget, challenges in our most significant relationships, thoughts and emotions that seem beyond our control, or spiritual unrest can all leave us scorched.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Jennifer considers it both an honor and a privilege to meet individuals wherever they find themselves on their own personal mountainsides. If you are reading this, may you leave this page knowing that no matter how devastated your surroundings may seem, there is always, always hope.