Jessica Rowan

LPC

• Oregon, Licensed Professional Counselor, C6412

I have worked for over 10 years in community mental health. Over the years I have worked in three different states at three very different types of facilities. This has given me the opportunity to work with many different people dealing with many different things. Starting off I spent three years working as a counselor with the Division of Youth Services in Missouri, running groups and providing individual services to adolescents in a maximum security treatment facility, teaching coping and life skills to support a healthy transition back into the community. I primarily used motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and strength based therapy when working with these young men. I worked with individuals who experienced trauma, depression, anxiety, and adjustment issues. I then spent five years working at a Crisis Stabilization Unit in Colorado providing immediate crisis assessment and support to individuals experiencing mental health crisis. I taught Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and utilized Trauma Based CBT and brief solution focused approaches regularly. I worked frequently with individuals dealing with high anxiety, high depression, PTSD and other mental illnesses. For two years after that I worked as the Assertive Community Treatment Program Coordinator and a dual diagnosis therapist at a community mental health agency in Eastern Oregon working with individuals who deal with chronic depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Currently I work as a Private Licensed Professional Counselor with both Brave Embodiment Counseling, LLC in Denver Colorado and Embrace Today Counseling, LLC in Oregon and focus on treating individuals dealing with trauma and attachment wounds using Internal Family Systems and EMDR. Through these experiences what I have learned is that people and their problems don't need to be fixed, but instead people need to be supported with developing tools to navigate life more effectively. With the development of the right tools I believe that every person can reach a state of optimal health, wellness, and alignment of self.