Individual Therapy for Adults

Jessi provides therapy for individuals 18 years and

older looking for support with skillfully managing life

demands and transitions, anxiety, depression,

relationship challenges, complex trauma, and

identity reclamation. Jessi has a passion for working

with cycle breakers, parents, those yearning for

more authentic living, and therapists. She supports

clients who seek therapy for a specific challenge

and those who want an ongoing therapy relationship

to work on longer standing dynamics, patterns,

and deeper healing. As an integrated therapist,

Jessi works with clients to customize the approach

that will work best for their particular needs. She has expertise in supporting those navigating the complexity of divorce, acute and chronic health conditions, recovering people pleasers, and is queer, polyamory, and kink informed and affirming. 

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Jessi has received extensive training and consultation in several different therapy modalities over her 20 years of work as a trauma psychotherapist. She draws most heavily on her expertise in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Polyvagal Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Sand Tray Therapy, and Filial Therapy. Jessi is committed to ongoing education and training and is currently working towards EMDR certification with EMDRIA.

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Co-Parent Counseling

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Parenting is tremendously challenging, and striving to do it well with a former partner is even more nuanced and complicated than most can (or want to) imagine. Jessi draws on her 20 years of providing adult, child, and family therapy and knowledge of the trials of divorce to help co-parents work together in developing the practices that will best support their children. Jessi believes strongly that children deserve and can have healthy and happy relationships with those in separate households even when the adults do not like each other. Co-parent Counseling can be done with individual parents, divorced/separated co-parents, nested partners, or an entire parenting team. Co-parenting Counseling can be especially useful in navigating conflict and uncertainty in times of transition including divorce, re-partnering, blending families, and new developmental needs of children. Jessi works with co-parents in all stages of family life from pre-separation to parenting adult children. 

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Therapy Groups 

Healing happens in safe community, and

participating in group therapy can be

invaluable in one's journey. Jessi offers group

therapy options for women and femmes

transitioning out of longterm marriages/

relationships, those in step-parenting roles,

and for women and femmes navigating

challenging/contentious co-parenting

dynamics. All groups are explicitly LGBTQ+

and CNM affirming, anti-racist, and trauma-informed. Past group members have said that participating in the group has greatly enhanced their healing. Read more about the group offerings here.​​

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Presentations

​​​​Jessi has a decade and a half of experience presenting locally and nationally at conferences, providing workshops for clinicians, educators, parents, and community members, and serving as a guest-lecturer for undergraduate, graduate, and professional classes. Her most recent presentations include Mindful Parenting, Special Considerations for Parents Practicing Non-Monogamy, Mid-Life Awakenings, Supporting Children of Divorcing Parents, Activist Burnout Prevention and Care, White Humility and Allyship, and Mental Health Needs in College. Jessi welcomes inquiries from groups and organizations for her to customize a presentation to meet their unique needs.​