As an integrative therapist, I seek to gain an accurate understanding of each person by learning about their history and relationships and how they experience life in the present. In so doing, I strive to tailor therapy in a way that will resonate with them. I work from a trauma-informed lens and specialize in helping people move through adverse life events and traumatic event(s) into a more desired life experience. Examining structures of oppression and social determinants affecting mental health is a part of this work. In addition, I am experienced at helping people work through depression, anxiety, identity concerns, intercultural and diversity concerns, adjustment, culture-shock/re-entry shock, grief, and difficult life transitions.
My early work was based in humanistic-existential psychology and systems theory. Over the years, I began working from an interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory and liberation psychology lens. I believe the combination of these elements helps me view people as their own unique system – a combination of our physiology and biology, identit[ies], perceptions of ourselves and the world, and our human experience (thoughts, feelings, behaviors, sensations and memories). It also helps to understand the other systems with which we are interacting (e.g. workplace, school, country, sociopolitical environment, etc.) and the people in them. Having a comprehensive view of the people I work with gives us the opportunity to engage in the therapy process from a multidimensional perspective. Symptom reduction is important but so is finding the root cause.
Aside from private practice, I have also worked in university counseling centers serving college students, and for a USG non-profit agency serving volunteers posted overseas. I’ve provided consulting and training services to local staff, foreign national staff, and agency leadership in over a dozen countries. I have also served outside of the U.S. as an adjunct professor, trainer/facilitator, cultural immersion program consultant, and a psychotherapist.
In my free time, I enjoy chatting with loved ones, serving my communities, reading, writing, dancing, hiking, and traveling. Lately, I’ve been playing with new ways to be creative — whether that means taking pottery classes, up-cycling used furniture, learning how to compost, or writing short stories. Thanks for reading.
Pronouns: she/her/hers/她
Jennifer 天珞 Young | Licensed Psychologist
STATE OF CALIFORNIA| PSY 24664
WASHINGTON D.C. | PSY 1001223
WASHINGTON STATE | PSYC.PY.61686570
JENNIFER T. YOUNG, PSY.D. 