Trauma Therapist Glendale, AZ
Meet Jennifer
ARE YOU...
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Struggling with feeling stuck and trapped by the past and traumas you have experienced?
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Feeling like every day you are just in survival mode?
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Feeling depressed and anxious most days and struggle to manage your emotions leaving you feeling drained and overwhelmed?
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Feeling a pervasive sense of shame that makes it very difficult to feel good about yourself and interferes with doing and achieving what you want to in life?
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Trauma has eroded your identity and sense of self in general, leaving you feeling anxious and unsafe. It doesn't have to stay this way, healing is possible and as a Trauma Therapist in Glendale, AZ I can help.
Let’s work together to overcome your challenges so you can return to a sense of wholeness, happiness, and peace that you long for and deserve.
My Credentials, Experience & Expertise
I’M JENNIFER KIZER, MA LPC HOLISTIC THERAPIST (LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR)
I have been working in the field since 2009 with primary experience treating adults with serious mental illness. I have additional training, experience and expertise with treating trauma and PTSD and have been an EMDR trained therapist since 2015. I also became a Reiki Master Practitioner in 2016, and I received training from Postpartum International in 2017 to treat mental health issues for women in pregnancy and postpartum. I trained in trauma informed yoga and energy based yoga techniques since 2019.
Learn more about EMDR as an effective treatment for trauma:
Issues I Treat in Adults:
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Trauma/PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)
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Past physical, emotional, sexual abuse
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Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Self esteem/self love
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Grief
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Pregnancy and Postpartum issues
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Addiction
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Divorce and other life transitions
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Borderline Personality Disorder
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Self Care/Stress Management
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Treatment for Burnout and Burnout Prevention
Self care and burnout treatment and prevention services for mental health professionals in the larger community.
My Approaches Include:
Reiki Assisted Psychotherapy & Energy Healing
A Japanese energy healing technique for stress reduction, relaxation, spiritual healing, and self-improvement, treating the whole person including body, emotions, mind, and spirit. Reiki along with mental health therapy can help reduce anxiety and depression, balance the mind and emotions, improve mood and assist the person in feeling more safe and supported. processing material in treatment.
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Client/Person Centered
Uses three conditions in therapy with unconditional positive regard, which means therapists are empathetic and non-judgmental conveying feelings of acceptance, understanding, trust, and confidence that encourage clients to feel valued and to make better decisions and choices and come to their own solutions. Empathy allows clients to feel deeply understood and cared for to foster increased self esteem. Lastly, providing genuineness, which means therapists carry no air of superiority, but instead present a true and authentic self that clients can see is honest and transparent.
Mindfulness Based Foundation
The goals of Mindfulness-Based Therapies include:​
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Increasing awareness of and breaking away from negative thoughts and patterns.
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Increasing present moment awareness and focus
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Practicing greater compassion towards one's self.
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Accessing one's own wisdom.
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Increasing curiosity and decreasing judgment.
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Create and live your life with intention.
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Includes learning Meditation as a mindfulness practice
EMDR
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) Therapy: treating trauma, PTSD (post traumatic distress disorder) and other distressing memories.
Holistic Approach
Approaching wellness in all areas of physical, mental, and spiritual health to address the Whole person. Develop self care strategies to create a wellness foundation.
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​“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.”
– Carl Jung
Strengths Based
Identifies and builds on a person’s strengths and resources, rather than an exclusive focus on weaknesses, to promote wellbeing, resilience, and bring forth more potential.
Positive Psychology Approaches
A scientific field that focuses on the study of human strengths, well-being, and happiness. It aims to understand and promote the factors that contribute to a fulfilling and meaningful life.
DBT
DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy) is a type of evidenced based psychotherapy that aims to help individuals develop skills to manage emotions, improve relationships, and tolerate distress.
CBT
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on changing negative thoughts and behaviors to improve mental health and well-being
Somatic Techniques
Somatic techniques are a range of body-centered practices that aim to improve physical, emotional, and mental well-being. They focus on connecting with the body and integrating bodily sensations into awareness.
Trauma Informed Yoga
Specific yoga techniques that help people reduce effects from trauma that address nervous system dysregulation, dissociation, and feelings of disconnection from the body or surroundings with this mind/body approach.
Jennifer's Story
