How I Work

My approach integrates psychodynamic therapy and attachment theory, with a nuanced understanding of behaviors that once served a protective purpose. Together, we explore the internal strategies that helped you adapt — and consider whether they still serve you now.

This is not rushed or advice-driven therapy. It is reflective, emotionally attuned, and grounded — focused on understanding that leads to genuine, lasting change.

This work tends to unfold over time, and many clients find that creating consistent space for therapy becomes one of the most grounding investments in their wellbeing.

What You Can Expect

Clients often experience:

• Greater emotional clarity and self-understanding

• Awareness of relational and behavioral patterns

• Less reliance on coping strategies tied to stress, drinking, or eating

• Increased internal stability and self-respect

• More authentic connection in relationships

As insight deepens, symptoms often soften naturally — because the defenses that once protected you are no longer needed.

Working with Specific Concerns

I work with individuals and couples navigating relational patterns that no longer feel sustainable, as well as coping patterns around food, spending, or other behaviors that are often tied to stress, attachment dynamics, or relational strain. Others come in while contemplating, or working through the aftermath of, an affair or breach of trust.

Some clients are also exploring their relationship with alcohol—whether that means sobriety, moderation, or simply questioning long-standing patterns. Therapy can offer a private, reflective space to do this work, either as an alternative to traditional recovery groups or alongside them, supporting deeper understanding and integration.

Weight loss and emotional eating coaching with Jen

For some women who struggle with emotional eating and weight management, a structured, coaching-based approach can be a helpful way to work on eating patterns and build consistency with food and weight.

This coaching work is designed for women who are tired of starting over, and ready to build something that actually holds. The focus is simple: to teach and support meaningful, sustainable weight loss and management while reducing food noise and building consistent structure that can be maintained over time.

It may be a good fit if you are:

• Ready to move out of yo-yo dieting and into a more grounded, consistent way of living

• Struggling to follow through, even when you know what to do

• Caught in on/off patterns with eating and exercise

• Feeling preoccupied with food, weight, or “should I, shouldn’t I” thoughts

• Wanting more structure, support, and accountability

• Prefer a non-medication-based approach or are exploring alternatives to GLP-1 medications

• Not struggling with an eating disorder or a moderate to severe mental health condition

This work is focused on:

• Building simple, repeatable daily structure without diet mentality

• Reducing food noise and the mental load around food and decision-making

• Strengthening trust in yourself through follow-through

• Using accountability and support to create real consistency

• Building consistency without rigidity

• Creating a more calm, grounded relationship with food and weight

• Shifting from short-term effort to long-term sustainability

This is not therapy—it is a structured, action-oriented coaching process designed to help you step out of yo-yo cycles and into a more stable, sustainable way of living.

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