Jennifer Reed-Grimmett, MA, LPC, NCC.

Jennifer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and have provided supportive counseling for around 20 years. Thirteen of those years were spent working specifically with children ages 4-8. Children are my specialty, and I work mostly within the modality of Play Therapy. I also work with children’s families to form healthy bonds and teach parents how to provide healthy environments for their children. I will listen to you, your problems, and your challenges, so I can learn to better understand you. By understanding what you need and hope to accomplish, I will be able to help you with your current life challenges. This will help us to work towards making improvements that will help you feel better about yourself right away and in the future. Initially, it might seem like therapy is going slow as you share your experiences, and I learn to understand your feelings and ideas. Hopefully, I will be able to provide some calming exercises, as well as some “short-term solutions” that will help you feel better right away. It is hard to function daily when you are feeling anxious and stressed, and cannot concentrate on daily activities. Life can seem so confusing and hard to navigate. Even though it feels like you are alone, you are not. Many people go through different stages in life and have trouble “finding their way”. You may find it helpful to know that I have experience being the “client” in a “counseling relationship,” and I was very choosy about what I looked for in my therapist/counselor. You need to feel understood and validated, and that your therapist is genuinely concerned for your well-being. Together, we can work towards understanding why you feel certain ways, finding peace and contentment in your life now and in your future. I am looking forward to helping you feel better! Now, some things you might like to know about me:

My “therapeutic style”:

• Warm                                                          
• Teamwork                                       
• Involved
• Providing tools for change                       
• Accepting                                        
• Caring
• Engaging                                                    
• Letting you decide your goals with help
• Genuine                                                      
• Coaching/Motivator                       
• Non-judgmental
• Involved                                                      
• Plain-spoken (no wordy jargon)

SPECIALTIES

• Children’s Therapy
• Parenting Issues                           
• Depression
• Trauma and abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, verbal)                              
• Family Conflict
• Self-esteem                                    
• Family Systems                             
• Somatic Disorders
• Personality Disorders (Anti-Social/Narcissistic/Borderline, Sociopathic, etc.)
• Grief (including miscarriage/loss of unborn child/loss of relationship/loss of job, etc.)
• Compassion Fatigue                               
• Anger Management                                  
• Life Changes
• Career Difficulties
• Law Enforcement Counseling, First Responders, and Military and their families (I have a background in Criminal Justice as well as a BS in Criminal Justice and an AS in Law Enforcement)

Also experience in: Anxiety, Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideations, PTSD, Stress, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Self-esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Life Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Divorce and separation, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Men’s issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women’s issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma- Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems