Hi ,I’m Jenn
(yes, with 2 n’s)
Oh! Thats me and my pup, Nala.
(She sometimes makes guest appearances in my sessions.)
You are exactly where you are meant to be.
I may not know what brought you here but what I do now is, you are courageous to make it this far.
I hope by learning a bit about my journey in becoming a therapist, my training, and a little of who I am as a person, you'll feel more at ease as you embark on your therapeutic process.
During my undergrad, I became extremely overwhelmed and stressed in sophomore year.
The culmination of
led me to my first therapy session.
I didn’t know how to adult.
I felt lost and purposeless.
I knew I felt a lot of pain. In the midst of the pain, I remember feeling the magic of unraveling on my therapist's couch.
It was incredibly healing to sit across from another warm presence, who was unbiased and could hold my pain without laying expectations on me to “do something about it”.
It was one the first times I felt accepted, regardless of how I showed up.
I began to see the value in knowing myself better through exploration, insight, and introspection.
working part time
going to school full time
living away from home
Here’s a secret:
Being therapist was not my first career. I worked in accounting for years hoping to climb up the corporate ladder.
I didn’t particularly enjoy staring a screen and punch numbers. It was not my… forte.
I decided to revisit the idea of psychology by dipping my toes into Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) and working as a Registered Behavioral Technician (RBT).
I went from sitting at the computer hours at a time crunching numbers to sitting on the floor, immersed in play, wondering where the time had gone.
Little did I know, I've found my purpose.
Throughout my clinical training, my area of focus became working with school aged children in the public and private school systems in Long Beach, CA.
Now, I especially enjoy working with young adults and adults by supporting their challenges of adulthood, as I feel personally connected to this time in life.
You are whole. You are valuable.
Life can feel really full on the other side.
Being a first generation bicultural woman, I lean into hearing how your early childhood experiences may have influenced your identity and relationship to the world today.
I am passionate about being a psychotherapist and be given the opportunity to listen to peoples’ stories. I’ve learned ( in my own work and as a therapist) that at the core of our being, we crave to have our most basic needs met:
to be heard, seen, and understood.
photos by: Jenn Hyman Photography