Trauma isn’t just about what happened to you; it’s about how your nervous system is trying to protect you today.

It takes an immense amount of energy to carry complex trauma, OCD, dissociative or personality disorders, especially while navigating the overwhelming societal pressures of being a woman, teenager, or college student in a society that often feels like it’s pulling us backward.

If you are exhausted from fighting internal storms, external pressure, survival mode, or systemic burnout, you don’t have to do it alone. I help individuals between 12-45 process their trauma, reclaim their autonomy, and step into their power. Regardless of what is bringing you to therapy, therapy with me will be compassionate, nonjudgmental, and supportive of your lived experience.

My name is Jen. I’m an Associate Clinical Mental Health counselor in the state of Utah and a psychologist in the United Kingdom. I have 22 years of overall experience and I see Utah based telehealth clients, primarily working with teenagers, college students, and young adults. Clients most often seek therapy with me for empowerment, boundary setting, women’s issues, LGBTQIA issues, complex trauma, PTSD, personality disorders, OCD, bipolar, and burnout from being in high performance spaces for a little longer than their bodies and nervous systems would have preferred.

As an LGBTQIA-affirming trauma therapist, I view you through a whole-person lens. My background in global crisis care and refugee work informs my grounded approach. I offer a dedicated HIPAA compliant telehealth space for high performance athletes, adventurous souls, the adoption community, the LGBTQIA community, and people who stutter. As someone who did ‘digital nomad life’ for many years, and is an avid backpacker, runner, surfer, rock climber, and snowboarder, clients who resonate with this lifestyle are warmly welcome.

In session, I tailor your treatment to meet your individual needs. I often pull from therapy frameworks that I believe will help meet your goals in therapy, which most often include CBT, psychodynamic theory, narrative therapy, mindfulness, and aspects of feminist theories, liberation psychology, and a systems approach where we examine the systems you are living within rather than only focusing on what is going on for you internally.

I believe in centering my clients lived experience, leading with compassion, respect, and the belief that all humans have limitless potential. It is extremely important to me to create a warm, safe, welcoming space where you feel you can be your most authentic self. I find that therapy is most effective when there is strong rapport and trust between client and therapist, regardless of what the client is seeking therapy for.

I graduated summa cum laude from New York University with my master’s degree in mental health counseling where I took courses in areas such as neuroscience, diagnostics and psychometric testing, psychopathy and complex diagnoses, among others.

Beyond my clinical education, I graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University with a master’s in public policy and global health, have taken master’s level course work in human trafficking and exploitation, forensic psychology, and victimology, completed a post bachelor’s degree in marketing from UCLA, and have a bachelor of science degree with majors in psychology, social science broad field, and business administration.

I am currently training with the Beck Institute to become a Beck Institute CBT Certified Clinician. I have training in narrative therapy, motivational interviewing, emotionally focused therapy, and a variety of trauma related treatments. Prior to my private practice work, I held numerous managerial roles in education and healthcare, worked abroad in refugee camps with asylum seekers, and most recently was a psychotherapist with an organization focused on culturally inclusive LGBTQIA+ care. I also have a background in crisis care environments.

I am a person who stutters (PWS) and as a therapist, I love working with people who stutter. It is something that I find is largely misunderstood by society and having a therapist who “gets it” can make all the difference. I believe that working through the core beliefs and emotional/psychological impacts surrounding stuttering can benefit us greatly, offering peace and a higher level of emotional wellbeing. I would love to work with you if you are a person who stutters.

I am also adopted, and understand the internal identity conflicts adopted clients experience. Many clients also have found comfort knowing that I am not at all affiliated with the LDS church, and am not religious.

If you are considering therapy with me but have questions, please feel free to email me at Jen@Sandyshorescounseling.com. Fit between a client and therapist is so important and I will do my best to answer your questions as you figure out your best fit. As of October 2026, I have openings on telehealth throughout the week. Evening sessions are also available, and I am happy to be flexible with your schedule. Please reach out to connect. I would love to hear from you.