Jenna Wallace
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist
Jenna Wallace
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist
Specializing In
Trauma
Depression
Anxiety
Self-Esteem Issues
Phobias
Eating Disorders
About Jenna Wallace
Jenna is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist with a specialty in Music Therapy and is also trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy. In working with children and adolecsents, Jenna utilizes numerous evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Committment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and trauma-informed care.
Jenna earned a LCAT and MT-BC from SUNY New Paltz. Jenna has experience treating children, adolecents, and adults in inpatient psychiatric, residential, and intensive outpatient programming. Jenna’s primary area of specialty has been in eating disorders and trauma, focusing on the LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent populations.
Jenna’s treatment approach is through a trauma informed lens and is resource oriented. The main goal is to build on already established strenghs and resources to allow clients to utilize the skills learned in therapy outside of sessions.
Outside of counseling, Jenna enjoys puzzling and playing video games.
Training & Techniques
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT is an evidence-based approach to treating anxiety disorders, such as generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It has also been demonstrated to be effective in treating depression. CBT helps children and teens analyze and reduce negative thoughts that lead to unhelpful thinking and behavior in order to promote more positive thoughts and experiences.
Acceptance and Committment Therapy
Acceptance and Committment Therapy (ACT) is a type of mindful psychotherapy that helps children focus on the present anf accept thoughts and feelings without judging or evaluating them. The goal is to help children move past difficult emotions to put their energy and efforts on positive healing instead of dwelling on negative feelings. ACT encourages learning coping strategies that are tailored to a child’s situation and can help them better manage challenging experiences. Children are taught strategies to help them accept situations as they occur without attempting to judge or try to change them. ACT uses mindfulness strategies to help children become more compassionate toward themself and others. By doing so, children can also free themselves from obsessing on negative thoughts so they can begin to heal and find peace.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
DBT is an evidence-based approach used to treat mood disorders, ADHD, PTSD, and anxiety. It has also been demonstrated to be effective in treating depression, self-harm, and suicidal ideations. DBT involves helping children and adolescents who have difficulty controlling their emotions and behavior. DBT helps children and teens learn to regulate their emotions by learning about triggers that lead to negative reactions and help them use strategies such as distress tolerance, acceptance, and mindful awareness to promote postive thoughts and experiences.
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a specific type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy used to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This evidence-based approach involves working through one’s traumatic experience in order to examine and change negative thoughts. CPT emphasizes the connections between thoughts, feelings, behavior and bodily sensations. The focus is on identifying how traumatic experiences change thoughts and beliefs, and how thoughts influence current feelings and behaviors, in an effort to reduce distress about memories of the trauma and improve daily living.
Availability
Jenna is s available for in-person therapy appointments in Nyack, New York on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and evenings.
Costs
Sign up online for a 45-minute child or adolescent therapy appointment. Registration only takes a few minutes. You will then receive intake forms to sign and directions for attending the appointment.
Do you have out-of-network health insurance benefits? Many commercial and employer PPO health insurance plans do. Contact us to find out how much you can save on the cost of therapy by using your benefits.
Schedule an Appointment Today
Courageous Kids Counseling is an out of network (OON) group practice. As such, fees are due at the time of service. We are happy to help you submit for reimbursement from your out of network benefits. We accept a variety of payment methods, including cash, check, debit card, and credit card, health savings accounts, and flexible health care spending accounts.
Cancellation Policy
It is important to attend appointments consistently in order to see the best results. We understand that our clients sometimes need to cancel their appointments. Please let us know if you are unable to keep your appointment. You will be charged the full fee if the session is not canceled with at least 24 hours notice. If you have any questions about our policy, we would be happy to provide more information.
