Don’t let the technical name scare you! EMDR is a method designed to help you work through trauma whether undesired memories, stressful thoughts, or lingering feelings related to post-traumatic stress. At Jenn Van Zee Counseling, we believe that we are whole beings where our thoughts and feelings are deeply integrated with our physical selves. With this approach, we use specific eye movements to allow our bodies to guide our inner worlds back to health.

If you are struggling with symptoms related to PTSD or find yourself curious if this approach might work for you, contact Jenn for more information.

You don’t have to hold your pain alone. Our approach is to provide you with a safe environment to carefully explore your past, unpack your story of wounding, or re-examine those hurtful pain points. By revisiting these places of distress, our hope is that through informed and skillful counseling practices we can create an individualized plan of care best suited to your personal needs and growth opportunities.

You were designed to flourish, and at Jenn Van Zee Counseling, we see it as our goal to create the safe and trusted setting for you to reexamine the past to tell a better story with your future.

Everybody needs someone who listens to them without judgment. Our world is starved of compassion in this fast-paced, overstimulated, digital era. When you step into our counseling space, our goal the moment you arrive is to be that safe place and listening ear. Counseling is hard personal work and it can be very vulnerable to unpack your story.

We want to honor your journey by providing a compassionate setting where your care is a priority and your story is treated with honor. We listen first and believe you are worthy of being listened to without prejudice or judgement.

This is a fancy way of saying that at Jenn Van Zee Counseling, we understand there is a connection between our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Our hope is that when you enter into our counseling practice you can tackle problems that are currently troubling you and leave with “tools” that help you move forward toward growth.

Sometimes, our stressors, habits, or triggers are tangled up with our emotions or perceptions. Having a trained counselor to walk alongside you can help de-tangle the web and provide resources for how to apply the truth to your situation and find new freedom.

Humans are designed to be in relationship. We crave connection and value authenticity with others. Our goal at Jenn Van Zee Counseling is to provide a counseling experience that is centered around conversation. We want to connect with your story and build a professional relationship of safety, compassion, and care. Our counseling is primarily a dialogue where we work with you to determine your goals for our sessions and build a plan specific to you. Through discussion, we can unpack the big emotions, overwhelming thoughts, or troubling experiences that are causing you pain. Let us partner with you in your journey toward wholeness and healing by providing a conversation style of care.

Life is full of challenges. So much so, we can often find ourselves at our breaking point or on the brink of disaster. At Jenn Van Zee Counseling, we use Acceptance and Commitment therapy as one way to build up our coping tool belt as a way to better handle our struggles as we encounter them. We seek to develop flexibility as we process our emotions and work through worrisome thoughts.

You don’t have to go through life alone. Allow a Jenn Van Zee counselor to walk with you as you face challenges by providing resources in mindfulness, awareness, and acceptance so that you may better move through life with confidence. Contact Jenn to learn about how you too can make this part of your journey.