Hi, I’m Jen

For more than twenty-five years, I’ve been drawn to the same question:

How does a human being remain deeply present, fully themselves, and connected—even in the midst of suffering, loss, and change?

I work with people who have carried a lot for a very long time.

EXPLORE MY WORK→

Many of my clients are healers, clinicians, spiritual seekers, leaders, educators, frontline helpers, and professionals in high-responsibility roles and organizational environments where the nervous system lives under chronic demand. Others come because they’ve lived through trauma—single-event shock trauma, near-death experiences, or complex and vicarious trauma—and are ready to do the real work of recovery, not just symptom management. What they share is a willingness to show up and go deeper than coping strategies alone.

Many of the people I work with are highly capable, deeply sensitive, and used to pushing through. Over time, the very skills that made them effective—empathy, attunement, and composure under pressure—began to cost more than they realized. This work exists for those moments when insight isn’t enough, effort no longer works, and the body is asking for something truer and freer.

My approach to therapy, supervision, and teaching is somatic and depth-oriented. We work under the surface, through the body, the nervous system, the fascia system, and awareness itself. Together, we build real stability, not by overriding your sensitivity, but by teaching your system how to inhabit it and turn it into your superpower.

My work blends trauma-consciousness, embodiment, and spirituality (when it’s relevant to you). We don’t just talk about boundaries; we establish them through felt experience, energetically and somatically, so you can stay present without absorbing what isn’t yours, and reclaim what is. Over time, what once felt like overwhelm, burnout, or trauma patterns becomes your wisdom, your awakening, your capacity, and clarity.

What you’ve endured can be your catalyst to becoming fully YOU.

Whether you’re a therapist seeking thoughtful supervision, someone looking for depth-oriented therapy, or a student of meditation, contemplative practice or embodiment longing to reconnect with yourself, the intention is the same: to help you come home to yourself. If you’re ready to go the whole way—to become more grounded, more present, and more fully yourself—I’d be honored to walk alongside you.

I don’t believe healing is about becoming someone else.

I believe it’s about becoming more fully yourself.

Credentials & Professional Memberships

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Education
- M.A. in Counseling Psychology
  - Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
  - Graduated Summa Cum Laude (2001)
- B.S. in Geography & Environmental Science
  - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Professional Licensure
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
  - State of Georgia (#LPC004375)
- National Certified Counselor (NCC) NCC-69152
- Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) ACS-6456
- Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC)
- National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Continuing Education Provider
Approved Continuing Education Provider offering professional education for mental health clinicians through Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC. Courses emphasize embodiment, trauma, mindfulness, ethics, compassion, and clinical supervision.
Somatic Experiencing®
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)
- Three-year post-graduate training
- Trauma resolution and nervous system regulation
Realization Process®
- Senior Realization Process Teacher
- Realization Process Therapist
- Trauma Repair Therapist
- Empathic Ground Training
- Certified Realization Process Teacher
- Certified Meditation Teacher
- Healing Ground & Embodiment Instructor
Compassion-Based Training
- Certified Compassion-Based Cognitive Training (CBCT®) Instructor
- Emory University Center for Contemplative Science & Compassion-Based Ethics
- Two-year post-graduate certification
Approved Clinical Supervisor
- Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS)
- Clinical supervision for Associate Professional Counselors
- Supervision toward the ACS credential
- Consultation for licensed clinicians
Yoga & Breathwork
- 200-Hour Kundalini Yoga Teacher
- Certified Conscious Breathing™ Instructor (Anders Olsson)
- Meditation instructor and embodiment educator
Additional Professional Training
Highlights include:
- Compassionate Inquiry (Dr. Gabor Maté)
- Smart Body Smart Mind (Irene Lyon)
- Polyvagal Theory (Deb Dana)
- G.R.A.C.E. Training (Roshi Joan Halifax)
- Open Heart Project Meditation Teacher Training (Susan Piver)
- Mindfulness in Schools (.b Curriculum)
- Still Quiet Place
- Sitting Still Like a Frog
- Extensive NICABM trauma and psychotherapy trainings
- Ongoing Bowen Family Systems education since 2001
Public Speaking
Jennifer regularly presents workshops, keynote presentations, retreats, and continuing education events for therapists, healthcare professionals, organizations, and community groups. Topics include trauma, embodiment, mindfulness, compassion, grief, nervous system regulation, Realization Process®, and therapist sustainability.
Retreats & Continuing Education
Founder of Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC, offering:
- Professional continuing education
- Clinical trainings
- Retreats
- Kintsugi Facilitator Training
- Realization Process immersions
- Workshops for clinicians and the public
Clinical Supervision
Providing supervision for:
- Georgia Associate Professional Counselors pursuing LPC licensure
- Clinicians seeking supervision toward the Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) credential
- Licensed therapists seeking advanced consultation and professional development
Teaching
Jennifer has spent decades teaching clinicians, meditation practitioners, healthcare professionals, and the general public. Her work bridges psychotherapy, neuroscience, embodiment, contemplative practice, and lived experience through an accessible, practical approach.
Professional Memberships
- American Counseling Association (ACA)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia (LPCA-GA)
- Society for Psychophysiological Research
Previous Leadership
- Ethics Chair, LPCA of Georgia Board of Directors (2019–2021)
Media & Recognition
- International speaker, educator, and content creator
- Featured through workshops, interviews, podcasts, and professional education
- 2023 Best of Roswell Award — Psychotherapist
- Author, educator, and founder of Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC
Writing has always been a companion to my clinical work. Therapy invites us to listen deeply to another person’s story; writing asks us to listen just as carefully to our own.
On Substack, I write essays, memoir, and creative nonfiction—exploring the absurdities of this world through lenses of grief, wonder, travel, relationships, and the ordinary moments that often become life’s greatest teachers. It is the place where my more imaginative, outlandish and reflective voice comes alive.
On Medium, I write about psychology, embodiment, trauma, mindfulness, neuroscience, other left-brained interests, and the practical application of ideas that have shaped more than twenty-five years of clinical work and teaching.

What Continues to Shape Me

The teachers, practices, places, and people I return to again and again. Long after credentials are earned, we continue to be shaped by what we love, practice, and pay attention to. Here is a glimpse into the life behind my practice.