Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
(847) 566-0164
(847) 566-0164
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. If one only remembers to turn on the light.” While you may not see hope or a light at the end of your tunnel, I do. I will hold onto your hope and help you turn on your light.
Licensed since 2011, Jennifer earned her Master’s Degree in Community Counseling from Argosy University in Schaumburg, IL. Upon graduating, Argosy accepted her into the Counselor Education and Supervision Doctoral Program, followed up in 2019 with her Ph.D. Training in Counselor Education and Supervision at Adler University, Chicago., IL. While Jennifer finishes her dissertation at Adler University, she is also an adjunct instructor for master-level students in their Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, who hope to obtain their own clinical counseling license once complete. Jennifer also completed two internships as a Legal Advocate and a children’s Counselor at two different women’s domestic abuse shelters while pursuing her undergraduate and graduate degrees. There, she was tasked with providing the shelter staff, interns, and volunteers with child and adolescent trauma training.
Jennifer works with children (4-12), adolescents (13-18), young adults (19-24), adults, families, and couples, and has run many teen support groups, personal growth groups, and assertiveness training groups. She uses a variety of methods to suit each client or couple with a motto of “super easy, super cheesy.” The smaller, sillier, and more creative the idea, the easier it is to accomplish and be set up for success. It’s her philosophy that the use of humor can ease anxiety and tension towards certain activities and have the added benefit of helping clients internalize discussions/sessions from the session.
Jennifer’s main goal is to help others to be their best self with confidence and security in a supportive and empowering space where they can be vulnerable, free from judgment, and free to be or find themselves.