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Jennie Ziesenhenne, M.A., LAPC

Associate Professional Counselor

Jennie obtained her BA in Philosophy from Valdosta State College and her Masters in Professional Counseling from Illinois School of Professional Psychology-Chicago. Her clinical experience includes treating adults with depression, mood disorders, anxiety, grief and loss, chronic mental illness and eating disorders.  She was a crisis line counselor at A Friends Place in Chicago, providing counseling and support for women and their children dealing with domestic violence issues.  As a past member of the Board of Directors of AMI-Greater Chicago, she served on the Speakers Bureau and Community Seminar Development committee for community out-reach programs.

As a trainer and facilitator, Jennie has led communication workshops at the CDC and been a guest contributor on CNN and CNN International providing analysis and background information on crew response during an emergency. She trained frontline personnel in leadership, customer service, and emergency procedures at Delta Airlines, where she was a member of the EAP critical response team. This cross-divisional team provided support and counseling for crew immediately after a critical incidence. Jennie is a certified Greif Recovery Counselor.  As a Health Coach, she works with individuals to achieve optimal health through nutritional education and creating healthy eating habits.

Approach

Jennie’s approach is optimistic and holistic. She focuses on the value and uniqueness of each person while working with them to realize their potential for healing and growth. She believes in treating the whole person by using various therapeutic interventions. Her therapeutic process integrates the theoretical modalities of psychodynamic, analytic, and existential psychotherapy while using cognitive-behavioral interventions and hypnotherapy for symptom relief.  She incorporates a mindfulness approach that enhances self-awareness. Her practice of meditation for over 15 years is based on the concepts developed by Jon-Kabat-Zinn. As a client you will have an opportunity to gain understanding and insight into coping mechanisms and habits that may not useful anymore.  Questions like  ‘ why do I always end up feeling like this’ become more answerable.  Jennie works with each client on recognizing how these coping behaviors originated and how they can be adapted and improved; this is achieved by mobilizing their own strengths and resources.   Jennie sees adults experiencing depression, anxiety, life transitions, grief and loss.