Greetings, my name is Jenni; I use pronouns she/her/Ella, and I am an LCSW/LICSW serving Oregon and Washington. I’ve spent the last 15 years, mainly in Chicago, practicing in multicultural and multiracial settings. Specific areas I have spent time working in are counseling for sexual abuse/assault and domestic violence, community-based trauma and mental health, neighborhood-based health care, and mental health in corrections.
I identify as a neurodivergent affirming clinician. I prioritize working with recent immigrants and refugees, neurodivergence, mixed-race and BIPOC folks, and the LGBTQIA + community. I work with adults who struggle to manage the ups and downs of their emotions but aren’t sure why, want to set more boundaries with others in their lives, are trying to break cycles of generational trauma in their family of origin, and want to feel more affirmed in their identities. Additionally, The IMPACT Immigration Psychology Access Team has trained me to conduct psychological evaluations for immigrants and refugees in the legal status application process. I regularly conduct evaluations and do community outreach.
A note on treatment models and frameworks: I draw from various treatment modalities and don't believe in using one model. In my practice, I am informed by and will utilize components of Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1, Attachment Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Trauma Informed Mindfulness. I am an EMDR Trained Clinician working toward certification. All models have limitations in healing and acknowledging the impacts of racism, oppression, and micro-aggressions on life and the spirit.
Personal Orientations’ - I believe in the inherent healing that happens when we are connected to one another’s humanity. It’s important you know a bit about where I am situated. I identify as "Blended/Mixed,” with ancestry from Northwestern Europe and Mexico (Indigenous/Spanish/African), and as a cis heterosexual, neurodivergent, differently abled woman.
I intentionally center the work and voices of BIPOC and LGBTQIA + and those advocating for disability rights in my education and training.