Jennifer Clifton, Ph.D, M.C, LAC-T

Jen is a Licensed Associate Counselor (T). Her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University. Jen holds a B.S. in Communication and M.A. in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State University in Georgia and a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction (Community Literacies) from Arizona State University. 

Jen’s approach, focused on openness, connection, pragmatics, and meaning making, is rooted in:

• Existential psychology, which pays attention to the anxieties and uncertainties fundamental to being human—including how a person makes sense of their unique place in the world, and how they navigate in their own way societal, cultural, familial, and individual expectations to build a particular kind of life and become a particular kind of person;
• Relational psychodynamics, which recognizes that we develop a sense of ourselves in relationship; that we learn what is possible or not, good or not in relationship; are harmed in relationship; and are changed, healed, and renewed through relationship; and
• Cognitive behavioral therapies that examine defeatist beliefs, develop helpful practices for emotional regulation and interpersonal relationships, and support a person trying out new practices and behaviors to reduce psychological difficulties and cultivate an increased capacity to love, work, and play in ways that they value and find worthwhile.