Jeanette (Jen) Shelby, MA
Incoming Director - Fall 2021
Licensed Marriage Family Therapist No. 127144
Tel: (510) 496 6002 ext. 8
Licensed Marriage Family Therapist No. 127144
Tel: (510) 496 6002 ext. 8
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“Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”
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Jen brings a very rich life, both personally and professionally, to her work as a therapist. From this rich life she has developed a truly Holistic Integrative approach to working with clients. She has found that what really allows people to tolerate and address difficult times in their life is having supportive and understanding people that can provide a consistent, gentle holding to recover and strive. Jen’s passion to be one of those people has lead her to becoming a therapist. She brings openness, collaboration, warmth and a very practical minded presence to her work with clients.
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Jen believes that suffering comes from a persons lack of resources to cope when challenged by environmental circumstance. Healing will begin when one realizes their own resiliency and learn to draw on their strengths. They can then make practical changes, choices, discover meaning and accept their reality. These are the areas of growth that Jen helps clients achieve.
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Jen has a Masters of Arts in Holistic Counseling, Transpersonal Speciality. She has had trainings in Mindfulness, Couples, Harm Reduction, Transpersonal approaches and somatic modalities of working with psychological issues. Jen also incorporates cognitive behavioral concepts, somatic tracking and spiritual practice.
Jen incorporates all of the experience and trainings to help clients obtain resources and tools in addressing some of the following issues:
Parenting
Adolescence
Learning Difficulties
Trauma (Sexual, Physical, Developmental)
Survivors of suicide
Grief and Loss
Life Transitions
Jen is a Registered Associate Marriage Family Therapist and has a Certificate in Trauma Studies program at John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, CA. Supervised by Patricia E. Craven, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, Somatic Experience Practitioner License#MFC24859
Jen incorporates all of the experience and trainings to help clients obtain resources and tools in addressing some of the following issues:
Parenting
Adolescence
Learning Difficulties
Trauma (Sexual, Physical, Developmental)
Survivors of suicide
Grief and Loss
Life Transitions
Jen is a Registered Associate Marriage Family Therapist and has a Certificate in Trauma Studies program at John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, CA. Supervised by Patricia E. Craven, Licensed Marriage Family Therapist, Somatic Experience Practitioner License#MFC24859
