Jenna is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who uses a client-centered therapy approach. To her, that means she values your lived experience and finds you to be the expert of yourself. Along with her expertise, she hopes to work collaboratively with you to meet the hopes and expectations you're looking for. She finds that for her clients, the therapeutic relationship tends to be the most powerful tool in making change, healing, and feeling better. It's important to her that you feel seen, understood, listened to, and that you have a say in what therapy looks like for you. She values your input and feedback!
Jenna has experience working with children and teens dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationships, and trauma. She sees the potential in youth and wants to create a space where they feel seen and heard while collaborating with parents in the process so both feel supported. She had also spent time working with young adults in a college counseling center on the same concerns mentioned above as well as perfectionism, academics, dating/relationships, life transitions/decision making, and spirituality.
Jenna will often incorporate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), solution-focused therapy, mindfulness, and self-compassion in sessions with clients. Some of her clients even enjoy playing a card or board game together while they chat! She is also trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) which uses bilateral stimulation to process trauma, anxiety, depression or other concerns where one feels "stuck" with negative sensations, thoughts, or images that they would like to change to be more neutral or positive.
In her free time you will find Jenna listening to an audiobook, cooking/baking, playing a board game, eating popcorn, and spending time with her husband and their two kids. She also loves a good TV show! She's an avid fan of social experiment shows like Survivor and Traitors.
Jenna meets with clients in person in Spanish Fork and with clients throughout Utah via telehealth.