Hi! I’m Jen. I’m so glad you’re here.
I’m a licensed clinical psychotherapist, couple counsellor and energetic healer who uses an integrated, and personalised process for helping individuals and couples heal from attachment adaptations and childhood trauma to foster more secure attachment internally and with those you love. I’m the author of Heal Your Anxious Attachment and the host of the Psychotherapy Central Podcast, where we explore love, attachment and healing trauma.
In every distressed relationship, there are patterns—sequences of behavior that continuously feed the conflict and distance between partners. Identifying these cycles is the crucial first step in therapy. When we recognize these patterns as they occur, we open the door …
When you’ve been parentified, you grow up fast. Your needs get buried. Your inner child gets quiet. And protector parts take over — keeping everything together, at a cost. In IFS, we see these protector parts clearly: They developed for …
When we’re raised by emotionally immature parents, we often grow up in one of two ways: We either struggle to regulate our emotions — reacting, withdrawing, or feeling overwhelmed… Or we become parentified early — the “responsible one,” always managing …
Healing is deeply personal. But it was never meant to be done alone. We all reach a point where books aren’t enough. Where self-reflection starts to loop. Where we long for someone to say: That’s the power of having a …
“When we talk to ourselves, we have the opportunity to punish ourselves or be the parent we never had. It’s our choice.”— Jennifer Nurick This was a hard one for me. For years, my inner voice was harsh. I didn’t …
“The Inner Child lives within all of us, it’s the part of us that feels emotions and is playful, intuitive, and creative. Usually hidden under our grown-up personas, the Inner Child holds the key to intimacy in relationships, physical and …
This is for the ones who said:“It’s time to do things differently.”“I’m ready to feel, even when it’s hard.” You didn’t wait for permission. You didn’t wait for someone else to change. You chose to heal — for you, and …
Healing isn’t a straight line. It’s a spiral. A remembering. A return. Some days it feels like progress. Other days, like you’ve gone backwards. But every moment is movement. Every feeling is sacred. Every part of you is welcome. ✨ …
When your biological family caused harm instead of safety, it can take years to untangle the pain. Healing often begins when we find our logical family — the people who see us, love us, and hold us with the care …
In this deeply moving episode of Psychotherapy Central, I speak with Paul King and Craig McMahon about their personal experiences of spiritual awakening, connection with the afterlife, and how grief can open a path to purpose. Paul shares the story …