Jennifer Atkinson

Jennifer Atkinson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Partner Trauma Therapist (CPTT) at Connections Counseling Services, specializing in betrayal trauma and relational healing. She is EMDR-trained and an EFT therapist, and works closely with CSAT therapists to assist betrayed partners through the full disclosure and recovery process.

Jennifer's work is largely based on attachment theory, and she believes that healthy relationships are key to mental well-being. She is a collaborative therapist who truly seeks to understand her clients' experience, working with them toward solutions that feel right for them. When relational difficulties arise, she helps clients regulate, understand their emotional experience, and move forward with empowerment.

Jennifer believes that working with underlying belief systems and processing emotional experience is crucial to healing and change. She also enjoys working with individuals struggling with dating anxiety and relationship formation, and supports clients from a non-judgmental, collaborative stance.

Outside of work, Jennifer's favorite way to spend time is with family or friends, outside, doing something active — hiking, skiing, pickleball, running. Her family and faith are of primary importance to her: she has been married for 33 years and has five children, five bonus children, and four granddaughters, who are her favorite humans.