Jen is a qualified and registered counsellor with twenty-plus years of professional experience in educational settings in teaching, mentoring and counselling roles. She began her full-time transition into counselling work in 2020, meeting clients’ needs with empathy and warmth. She utilises a biopsychosocial approach in her work which includes understanding the cognitive, physical, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of a person’s life.
Jen enjoys working as a person-centred, trauma-informed therapist, assisting people to find peace amid life’s challenges. She provides a safe counselling environment for her clients, which enables them to actively explore their situations. Her gentle, compassionate and non-judgmental approach allows clients to quickly feel at ease and to gain a greater sense of self-efficacy over their lives.
Her work is informed by a range of well-established therapeutic modalities including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT), Yoga Therapy, and The Gottman Method Couples and Relationship Therapy. Jen embraces neurodivergence in her life and desires to help empower others to be the best version of themselves.
In her free time, Jen enjoys spending time with her family and doing laps at her local pool.