Jen Petrie (she/her)
Clinical Therapist Intern
TLDR: Voted “most likely to co-create a space for us to both feel held”. I am genuine, kind, and a deep listener. I’m curious, open-minded, earnest to the bone (with a healthy sprinkle of humor), and I want to hear your story.
Availability: Wednesday 10 am-1 pm, Thursday 10 am-1 pm, and Friday 11 am- 6 pm in Decatur
Do you struggle with feeling like you belong? Are you searching for ways to create support and care in your life?
My name is Jen (she/her), and I am passionate about my LGBTQ+ community. The most meaningful parts of my life revolve around relationships and healing within them.
My therapeutic approach is affirmative and anti-oppressive, and I aspire to provide person-centered, compassionate, non-judgmental, strength-based, mindfulness-based, and trauma-informed practice. I specialize in working with adults and older teens who are experiencing challenges around communication and relational issues, estrangement, relational or family trauma, religious trauma, identity development, life transitions, aging, grief and loss, shame and guilt, anxiety, stress, and depression.
I seek to create mutual trust using an attachment lens, and I reach for mindfulness tools to help us feel safer in our bodies and the moment. I am inspired by trauma-focused care, Internal Family Systems and parts work, somatic interventions, cognitive behavioral models like MBCT, DBT, RODBT, and ACT, and exposure and reprocessing modalities.
I work with clients who want to better understand their experiences and needs, so that they can more fully inhabit their lives and achieve their personal goals. Together, we will attend deeply to what arises, and tap into your innate wisdom, strength, and care for yourself- it really is in there!
I have daytime and evening appointments available.
If you’d like to connect, feel free to book a free 15-minute consultation with me using this link here.
Fun Facts!
At home, I frequently burst into tune (sometimes out of tune)!
I love a mild adventure; it’s even better if my pup, Tuna, can come along.
Modalities
Person-Centered, Compassion-Focused, Attachment-Based, Mindfulness-Based, Trauma Informed, Strength-Based, Feminist, Family Systems, Internal Family Systems.
Licensure and Supervision
Specialization Practicum Intern, pursuing a Master of Social Work at University of Georgia, under the supervision of Ryan DeVane, LCSW, NBCC-H.