Helping People and Organizations Move From Surviving to Sustainable.
Workplace Wellness Educator | Keynote Speaker | Licensed Clinical Social Worker
20+ years of clinical expertise and lived experience with burnout
Turned into practical tools that actually hold up in real life.
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Trusted by healthcare systems, schools, and nonprofits — and shaped by more than two decades of clinical work and real, lived experience with burnout and caregiving. Jen doesn't offer theory. She offers what's actually worked.
Stop surface-level wellness talks &
get tools that actually help.
Most “wellness” talks sound good in the moment…
…and change nothing the next day.
Every keynote, training, and workshop is built on the same belief: people don't need another surface-level conversation about self-care — they need to understand what's actually happening and leave with tools they'll use long after the session ends.
Rooted in 20+ years of clinical, trauma-informed expertise
Shaped by lived experience with burnout, not just research
Built around real-world scenarios your team will actually recognize
Customized to your organization's specific challenges, not a generic deck
Clinical Expertise. Lived Experience. Practical Impact.
For more than 20 years, Jen has worked with healthcare systems, schools, nonprofits, and foster and adoptive families, bringing trauma-informed, evidence-based expertise into every room. But what sets her work apart isn't just the training — it's that she's lived through her own burnout and rebuilt a sustainable career and life around it. That combination is why her sessions, trainings, and keynotes land differently: less theory, more "someone who's actually been there."
Ways to Work Together
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Workplace Wellness Expert
Burnout isn't a personal failing — it's a workplace signal. Jen helps organizations build the communication, leadership, and culture that keeps good people from burning out in the first place.
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Burnout & Resilience Keynote Speaking
20 years of clinical expertise and real lived experience, brought to your stage — audiences leave with tools they'll actually use, not just a good feeling for the afternoon.
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Mental Health Therapy in New York State
You don't have to have it all figured out before you ask for support. Jen helps individuals understand what they're experiencing and move forward with more clarity and confidence.
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Foster Care & Adoption Speaker
Jen understands this journey firsthand — as a clinician and as a foster and adoptive parent — and helps families and agencies feel less alone in it.
Testimonials
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Jennifer is amazing and provided great task in order to achieve my goals and be successful. It was a pleasure working with her. During our sessions, I saw great improvement in my leadership skills and working strategies. I will continue to use the things she taught me and the knowledge she provided to me. She is AMAZING!!!
Kelly S
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Excellent seminar. Had some new material to consider that was not on my radar, and helped me come to some new strategies on the work/life challenges.
Justin C
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I hired Jennifer to support my supervisory and management staff. The positive results I hear from all of them as they are embarking on a journey of work life balance, plus finding the the time to bring harmony into their lives, while working in a mentally draining and physically challenging industry. I am so pleased to see the results my team is achieving while being guided by Jennifer. One of the best training programs to create calm in the team I have ever spent.
Joel C
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Jen is a fantastic to work with. She will partner with you to break down goals into achievable steps to change. Highly recommend!
Joy R
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Jen is amazing! I had been searching for therapists for so long always disappointed at their approach, I didn't want to focus on the past I wanted to move forward with the here and now and Jen helped me do exactly that! She is very organized and prepared for each session so you feel like your being guided but she tailors the guidance so that its relevant to your life, not just generic guidance. I remember dreading going to therapy- but this is different. This I actually looked forward to! She helped me see the light at the end of the stress tunnel and that feeling is truly freeing.
Kelly J
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Jen is amazing! She tapped into specifically what I was wanting to work on and we focused our activities and conversations on that. She was kind, compassionate, and really met me where I was at. I have learned a lot and have developed so many new insights and have been able to make some changes I have wanted to for a long time! I am very grateful for her and her amazing work!
Beth P
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2024- so many things to work on - so many directions to go in! Where and how to start? This workshop was a fantastic step to get all the swirling ideas in order! The where and how now has a beginning - a launch- a CAN DO! thanks to Jen!
Linda B
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Jen was a great listener and provided me helpful tools and insight. I would recommend her to anyone.
Thomas D
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Jen’s workshop is a gentle and powerful method to helping where you are today!
Haylee F
You’re Not Getting Just A Speaker
Jen is a licensed clinical social worker with diverse experience sitting with people in the middle of REAL struggle—not curated versions of it.
Jen brings:
Clinical expertise that goes beyond surface-level advice
Trauma-informed understanding of how stress actually shows up in your body and mind
Specialized speaking opportunities & training in foster care and adoption that addresses:
caregiver burnout
emotional regulation
attachment and behavioral challenges
system-level stress
This isn’t theory.
It’s what actually works when things are hard.
Practical. Evidence-Based. Human.
No fluff. No overwhelm.
No unrealistic expectations.
Whether it's a therapy session, a leadership training, or a keynote, people leave Jen's work with the same thing: a clearer understanding of what they're experiencing, and tools they can actually use — not just a to-do list of things they'll never touch again.
Free Assessment
How People-First Is Your Culture, Really?
A free, 5-minute assessment that shows you exactly where your team is thriving — and where burnout is quietly building.
Most culture surveys tell you employees are "stressed" and stop there. The People-First Culture Assessment goes further, scoring your organization across the five pillars that actually predict whether a team burns out or builds something sustainable:
Intentional Leadership — Are your leaders equipped to model and support well-being, or just talk about it?
Courageous Communication — Can your team raise hard things before they become bigger problems?
Sustainable Well-Being — Is rest and recovery built into how you work, or squeezed in around the edges?
Human-Centered Culture — Do people feel seen as people, not just roles?
Purposeful Performance — Is high performance coming at the cost of your people, or alongside their well-being?
Answer a short set of questions and get a personalized scorecard showing where your organization stands in each pillar — plus practical next steps you can start using immediately, no consultant required to interpret it.
