Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
Audre Lorde
You may be facing:
You've always relied on yourself. Actually, it's how you've gotten this far. But lately you’re up at 12am asking ChatGPT things like "how do I set better boundaries?“ Or "what is happening to my relationship?” Or, why is dating so hard, or being single, or my new marriage, or just "What is wrong with me?"
Answer is: nothing. Nothing is wrong with you. The brain wants to solve even if the thoughts sound like a harsh critic. Nothing is wrong with you for questioning why something feels off.
My clients are curious about their lives but tend to suffer pain in silence. Your insights are welcome. Your questions are worthy of listening to. You don’t have to white knuckle your stress alone.
You might be waiting until things get bad enough to start therapy. But I believe some who know perfectionism all too well, also have a higher tolerance for emotional overwhelm before realizing it's time to reach out.
Schedule a free 20-minute consultation. We’ll chat about where you are, see if we’re a good fit, and just take it from there.
Specialties:
Surviving Narcissism
Understanding. Healing.
Narcissistic abuse leaves life-long scars. It also installs protective strategies that aren't congruent with who you are.
Where do you want to go from here?
Grief and Loss
Grief comes in all forms. It is private. Others would like you to hurry up and feel better.
But it's impossible to think of moving forward if it means leaving who or what you've lost behind.
How it looks working together:
Imagine what is possible.
Working together, I listen for backstory. You are the hero of your own story and there's an unfolding in your personal history that relates to your present situation. I listen for internal cycles, conflicts, values you hold, and where you feel heard or unheard in your relationships. I welcome humor into the room (it's a release-valve but it’s also just plain fun and important). I'm direct but easy going. I'm warm but also speak plainly. I invite you to be yourself, as I myself am unconventional in my own thinking.
Therapy is serious but it is also unique to each of us and is a flowing and intangible kind of a thing. It invites many moods, levity, a lot of exploration and many options along your path.
Before beginning my own therapeutic journey, I lived on autopilot. Sure, I made choices for myself, some even brazen! But mostly they were strategic, proving I was in control. Safe.
A trauma response moving me at breakneck speed, making decisions that weren’t always in my best interest. One day, I stared myself down in the mirror: "What exactly is in my control here and what isn't?" ..."What am I willing to be honest about?"
The main character in any good plot, has something they want but there's also stuff standing in their way of getting it. Often, what they say they want and what they really long for, differ.
I help individuals and couples find their own way back to themselves.
Start with a free consultation, we chat. We see if we are a good fit. Then we go from there. I work in person and online.
FAQs
Thinking of beginning?
Initial consultations are 20-minutes long and complimentary.
Jennifer Davis, MFT
she/her
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #164419
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