Jennifer's background in the faith community and her role as a pastor’s wife in local churches developed her passion as a counselor and teacher to help people in all walks of life. She helps her clients become unburdened by the relational and personal problems that keep them from living life to the fullest. Her heart’s desire for each person who walks into her office is that they experience a deeply compassionate therapist who has the tools and insight to walk alongside them in their growth journey.
Jennifer has experience in a wide range of issues that equip her to be effective in helping couples who are simply stuck in unhealthy patterns, as well as working through affair and betrayal recovery. Her focus on using attachment therapy unlocks the underlying emotions and thoughts to assist couples in developing a secure and safe attachment. Whether the couple has been married 40 plus years or dating 6 months, Jennifer has seen couples gain new insight and begin new healthier patterns with their partner.
Jennifer’s individual clients include people from all walks of life facing a variety of emotional and relational challenges. She helps individuals with anxiety, depression, trauma reactions, grief and loss, sexual abuse, heartache over children, challenges with difficult people, and relational and family issues.
Jennifer has been married to her husband Rob, an ordained minister, for 40 years. They have four adult children and three grandchildren. Jennifer attributes much of her own growth in her marriage to the work of Milan Yerkovich who along with his wife Kay wrote the book How We Love. It is her honor and privilege to practice as a therapist at Relationship 180.
My husband, Rob, and I just celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. In the past, I often heard people say their secret to a successful marriage was they “laughed together” or “never stopped dating each other” or “never let the sun go down on their anger”.