I focus on three goals as I work with clients – health, restoration, and growth. I value being a companion and guide as we pursue these goals and progress toward the place that God designed for us to live.
No one gets to escape the broken places of this world! We sure wish we did! These broken places are in our homes, in our bodies, and in the way others have treated us. We can choose to leave these places, but most of us benefit from having someone to travel with us, care about us, and guide us toward greater freedom from the brokenness in life.
Health
Together we discover the broken places in your thought life. We unearth the deep roots of your problematic thoughts and damaging experiences. We can’t change the negative experiences, abuses, or neglects in your past, but how you understand those events going forward leads to greater freedom from their influence and the opportunity to heal. It is my job as your counselor to walk with you as you navigate this new pathway to health.
Restoration
You may need to repair important relationships in your life. Life is fractured when you no longer know how to get along with another person, or when you pursue bad habits and interaction tactics with others. I want to help you restore these broken, key relationships by learning new things about yourself and other people, and by gaining constructive skills and abilities to use as you interact with others.
Growth
Helping people grow is my passion! Our good God has given us the ability to develop and grow. And our growth enriches our lives and the lives of our family and friends. We nurture your growth by changing your restrictive thoughts. You do not have to be a hostage to destructive patterns of thinking. Instead, your thought-life and relationships can flourish as God intended.
Breakthrough Coaching
I offer breakthrough coaching for a select group of clients. Good candidates for this program experience some or all of these obstacles in life and work:
- Limiting Beliefs
- Career Uncertainty
- Indecision
- Low Confidence
To learn more specific details about this new program, click here Breakthrough Coaching.
If I can help a person move toward greater health, restoration, and growth, then I consider our work together a success.
Credentials, Education & Training
Licenses & Certifications
- National Board Certified Counselor
- Georgia Licensed Professional Counselor since 2006 (LPC 004704)
- Certified EMDR Therapist
- Certified Clinical Professional Supervisor
- Approved Clinical Supervisor
Education
- MA in Biblical Studies, Reformed Theological Seminary, 2001
- MA in Marriage and Family Therapy, Reformed Theological Seminary, 2000
Memberships & Training
- Attachment-Focused EMDR
- Licensed Professional Counselor of Georgia LPCGA
- EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
Additional Training & Experience
- Clinical Director of Restoration Counseling of Atlanta and Restoration Counseling of Georgia
- Director of Restoration Coaching of Atlanta
jennifer@restorationcounselingatl.com, ext. 111
Roswell Location
Jennifer’s Posts
Living after the Launch
Navigating Life after your Child Goes to College Until last Saturday, I would have told you I knew what to …
Is an ADHD Spouse Challenging Your Marriage?
Part 2 Our last article examined what ADHD is and what symptoms regularly appear in marriage. Today, we will explore …
Is an ADHD Spouse Challenging Your Marriage?
Part 1 Discovering new things about your spouse is one of the most exciting things about getting married. You learn …
Couple Connections
Five Great Local Trails Fall is just starting to show up in the Atlanta area, and there is no better …
Learn About Breakthrough EMDR Coaching
Did you read this title and wonder what Breakthrough EMDR Coaching is? Do you know who it can help? If …
Understanding Highly Sensitive People
Maybe you’ve wondered if you are a highly sensitive person (HSP) or if your spouse or child is a highly …
Managing Your Family
Looking to the Future It’s a new year, and I spent the end of 2020 thinking forward to ten years …
Living in Freedom After EMDR Therapy
Healing From the Past Do you ever feel like past events or traumas haunt you? Do you wish you could …
Regaining Control of Our Lives
Control? We used to understand some parts of our world. Now, that has all changed. Our world has been altered. …
Surviving Your Parent’s Mental Illness
There are many populations of people for whom the holidays are difficult. Children of mentally ill parents are one of …
Caring for Aging Parents
My father was very active in his retirement, even running several small businesses. So while he had battled non-Hodgkins lymphoma …
Improving Yourself- Part 1
As we think about the idea of improving ourselves, it is really helpful to examine different variables in our lives. …
Mothers Returning to Work
Having a child changes your life forever, in more ways than you could imagine. These changes can become especially obvious …
Opening Closed Doors with EMDR
Sometimes we experience traumas that change the course of our lives. These traumas create pathways in the brain that cause …
New Year, New You?
The new year often brings forward thoughts about the fast approaching next year. You hope and dream of making it …
Marriage Is Not A Competition
Marriage Is Not A Competition
By Jennifer Stuckert, MA MFT, LPC & Jonathan Stuckert MA, M Phil (candidate)
There are many places in life where competition is welcome, celebrated, encouraged and even helpful. But, marriage is not one of them. When competition becomes one of your key outlooks on marriage you will unknowingly trade it for safety and security. This may not seem like a big deal at first. But, an enduring Godly marriage requires these qualities. Across time a healthy couple bestows these things to one another but, that is not possible if there is a spirit of competition.
When one partner sets themselves against the other, even in jest, the end result is typically scrutiny, uncertainty, and criticism. These are not very positive words. Sometimes this starts from a good place when a couple wants to be playful and tease one another. Then by all means be playful, but encourage one another’s strengths. However, be careful not to one up the other person.
Podcasts
Grief (Interview with Jennifer Stuckert) Pt. 1