About me

I know grief , loss and pain intimately. I lost friends very young, then the love of my life, and then my best friend who had been keeping me afloat. Before I ever had any death loses I had lost my innocence and sense of safety in the world to a very violent attack. After isolating and pushing though year after year- I lost myself- my identity, my career, and ultimately my mental health and any semblance of life itself. It felt like being buried alive, struggling and chocking in the dark and watching the world go on around me.
I experienced a level of suffering that kept me trapped in complete darkness and unable to live life freely for decades. I have spent years of my life alone and confined to a single room. It wasn't until I stopped fighting it or trying to fix it , and was given a safe space to explore it with a human being that cared that I discovered a way back to myself, and to life. All those years lost are not in vain, because I'm now able to experience true compassion for others who are suffering, feeling alone and in grief. I have never experienced your exact loss, just like I felt no one had experienced mine- but I am able to walk beside you in it. And we can find your way , together.

Education

* B.Sc. Microbiology & Immunology and Neuroscience

* Certified Grief Support Practitioner

* Certified Grief Educator (David Kessler Program)

* IWA Integrative Wellness Certification

Additional Training

* Somatic Therapy Certification Training
* Neuroscience Coaching Certification
* Substance Use Disorder Training
* PTSD & CPTSD Awareness Training

“Jenni has helped fundamentally change my relationship with grief. I can never get my son back. I can't go back to life the way it was before he died. And I didn't want to heal or get over my grief because to me that would mean letting go of him forever. Instead she helped me find a way to live in grief, and respect my own loss without the constant suffering and wishing what could have been was different. I am always missing him and always will but I'm able to have a full life, with hope and love and I cannot thank you enough Jenni. ” - Taye S.

"I had been to therapy for years following a traumatic loss of my partner to suicide. It felt like I was choking and couln't breathe, but I still had to take my kids to school and pack their lunches. Nothing was helping and after therapy failing I felt like this was the new normal- being a zombie and just going through the motions moment to moment. I didn't have a quality of life I just did what I had to do as a mom. Jenni's presence did something to my nervous system, I felt like I could take a breath and like there was nothing 'wrong' with me, and I'm not taking too long. With her help I found a way to carry my grief with me, and still move forward in life. Something I honestly didn't think was possible. I was able to put myself out there and date again and for the first time since he died I actually feel hope. Like good things can still happen to me, and that its ok to accept them in. Thank you from the very bottom of my heart." - Rosemarie P.

I had a substantial loss that didn't involve a death - which made it all the more embarrassing when I wanted to seek help. Like did I even have a right to grieve? Why can't I just get the hell over it and move on? But I couldn't move on. And my world got smaller and smaller the more I felt like nobody understood. Even though the first meeting was online (I felt like online wouldn't feel 'real' enough to help) there was an instant connection - like ok this person actually cares. Jenni helped me get deep down to the root of things- and I discovered there was a past event that was compounding this loss. There is no way I would have realized without her getting curious and leaning in- instead of away from my pain. I don't think I could have gotten through this on my own, and I actually don't think I could have gotten through it with anyone else. I'm not exaggerating when I say I have my life back. " - Craig H.