Conveniently located off of I-25 and 120th Avenue, Authentic Journeys, LLC provides experienced support to individual teens and adults struggling with anxiety, loss, depression, anger and other stressful life situations. Jennifer Nakata, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor has skillfully helped adolescent and adult clients since 2003.
Her passion centers around empowering her clients to discover freedom from debilitating anxiety, peace from inner turmoil and relief from intrusive thoughts of suicide or urges toward self-injurious behavior. Clients are guided to rediscover inner strengths and develop new awareness of situations, behaviors and beliefs based on the premise that YOU are the expert in YOU.
Her passion centers around empowering her clients to discover freedom from debilitating anxiety, peace from inner turmoil and relief from intrusive thoughts of suicide or urges toward self-injurious behavior. Clients are guided to rediscover inner strengths and develop new awareness of situations, behaviors and beliefs based on the premise that YOU are the expert in YOU.
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Authentic Journeys, LLC specializes in working collaboratively with adolescents and adults who are struggling to connect to their own unique inner wisdom and truths. Learning how to rediscover and stay in touch with our "true selves" can help empower us to embrace a peaceful, happy and fulfilling life more fully.
Is it time? Time to finally take care of YOU? Navigating your day-to-day life, you are likely doing the very best you can; to deal with the difficult people, to cope with the stress. Sometimes life gives us indicators of what it's about to throw at us, other times, things seem to come out of nowhere.
Let's face it: Parenting is hard - maybe that's because it's such an important job! If you are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, frustrated, like you've tried everything and you don't know where else to turn, it may be time to consider counseling support. Jennifer's years of experience with teens and their families indicate that most struggles between parents and teens typically boil down to a few common things.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a specified psychotherapy treatment that helps people heal from life events or experiences that are difficult, distressing or frightening. EMDR Therapy suggests that our nervous system sometimes struggles to integrate incidences that occur in our lives, and/or it becomes so overwhelmed, it cannot integrate the information.
Jennifer is skilled and experienced in supporting clients struggling with: anxiety, panic attacks, grief, loss, depression, stress, anger, self-image concerns, trauma, and PTSD. Additionally, if you or someone you know struggles with thoughts of suicide or urges to self-injure, Jennifer has proven methods for methodically addressing these concerns.
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Arianna Smith Ma Lpc
Jan 05, 2019
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Becky Natenberg
Sep 29, 2018
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Eric Blommel
Jun 22, 2017
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Marta Kem
Oct 10, 2015
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Anne Meyers
Jul 22, 2015
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Jenn is a highly skilled, knowledgeable and empathetic counselor. Her warm and genuine approach lends itself well to working with both teens and adults. You know you are in qualified and caring hands when you work with her. I do not hesitate to make referrals to Jenn, and I highly recommend her counseling services.
