Jenny Walters
Founder / Marriage and Family Therapist (#94715)
She/Her/Hers
I work therapeutically from a place of deep compassion and directness. My clients know me for my groundedness and humor and my goal is to arm you with a deeper understanding, tools and a sense of your own agency so you can find and feel relief. Restored trust in yourself often occurs as a result of the work we may do together.
I bring a holistic awareness that honors and attunes to body, mind and spirit. Grounded in a psychodynamic approach that values the relationship between you and me, I also incorporate mindfulness. I am EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) trained and IFS (Internal Family Systems) informed. These are two powerful modalities which address and heal trauma and the symptoms often left in its wake, such as anxiety, depression and negative self beliefs. I aim to get to the heart of the matter with you so we may collaboratively create lasting and meaningful change in your life.
I specialize in working with adult children of emotionally immature parents and people who have experienced narcissistic abuse. Many of my clients are people-pleasers who struggle to ‘take up space’ and are preoccupied with how they impact others, wanting to be as little ‘trouble’ as possible to those around them. I work to help you understand the strategies you’ve cultivated to survive early relationships and discover new ones. Healing the relationship with yourself can lead to feeling more empowered, resilient and at ease in life.
I earned my MA in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, with an emphasis in depth psychology, and went on to complete depth psychological training in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches. I also hold a Master of Fine Arts degree and work with many creative arts professionals and the issues they encounter.
I founded Highland Park Holistic Psychotherapy because I believe the world needs its healers to be supported and valued so they may do the important work of tending to the soul of the world. In supporting them, I believe that support grows exponentially in their work with all of the people who come to HPHP. I’m passionate about training therapists to step into their authenticity as a healer and stay aligned with their integrity in the ways they work with clients. I am available for clinical consultation for therapists as well as business consultation for group practice owners.
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