Jen (MFT)

As a lead facilitator at Caya Shobo, Jen brings immense professionalism and expertise from her many years working as a Berkeley psychotherapist, helping people in spiritual emergence and spiritual crisis, or integrating different states of consciousness from entheogenic encounters, and also helping those dealing with trauma and PTSD.

Jen holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology from UCSC and a Masters in Somatic Psychotherapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and has over 10 years of experience working with Ayahuasca and the Shipibo plant medicine healing tradition.

Her approach is holistic, relational, and body-centered. Her work draws from her training in somatic psychotherapy and the Hakomi method, a mindfulness-based technique.

​“Each person is a unique and precious individual to be honored, respected, and treated with kindness. I see the body, mind, and spirit as pieces of one whole, and consider each to be an integral part of the therapy. Given the optimal conditions, we naturally will move toward healing and growth. Like a flower, we each have the potential to blossom.

Real healing can occur through developing a secure, solid, safe, and grounded relationship. From that place of connection, the seeds of growth can take root. We come alive when we feel connected to ourselves, to others, and to the world.

Helping to guide people through their own organic processes of healing is a passion of mine. We work to recover that sense of wholeness in you. Together we clear the way for you to walk your own unique life path with joy.” Jen

Contact: http://www.jennifersmeetherapy.com/