Meet the Team
Jen Patterson
Founder, LCSW
My work centers on supporting individuals and couples navigating midlife (35+), postpartum, perimenopause/menopause related shifts, relationships, anxiety, depression, and the lasting impact of earlier life experiences that may have been carried alone for too long. I also support individuals impacted by breast cancer, whether in treatment or post-treatment, who are navigating changes in their bodies and seeking emotional support and integration.
As an AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) therapist, I work from an experiential, relational approach. This means we don’t only talk about what’s happening in your life; we slow down together and gently turn toward your emotional experience in the here and now. We nurture what has been carried beneath the surface, creating enough safety for deeper feelings to emerge, be understood, and offer care to parts of you that have long longed to be seen.
I believe you have an innate capacity to heal, and that can happen in the presence of a caring other.
Midlife is a sacred threshold. This transition holds an invitation into deeper truths that often rise to the surface, and there is a quiet welcoming to reconnect with yourself, your relationships, and what matters most to the truest part of you. It is often a season where we can no longer tolerate what feels misaligned, and something more honest is created.
Jen’s Offerings
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Jen supports individuals seeking help with :
Anxiety
Depression
Life transitions
Complex trauma
Maternal Mental Health
Midlife
Neurodivergence
Cancer support
Jen is credentialed to take insurance through Headway and currently accepts: Aetna, Anthem, Optum, Cigna, United HealthCare and Carefirst plans. Out of network rate for a 60 minute session is $125.
Jen has found her home as a therapist in AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy. )You can read more about it here: https://aedpinstitute.org/about-aedp-psychotherapy/# and a short video here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yxDWuM0lr4w
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Jen supports couples navigating: parenting, communication, intimacy, empty-nesting, and the complex seasons of loss, grief, and betrayal. She draws from Transformative Couples Therapy (TCT) in her work with couples, supporting partners through ruptures and repairs, deepening understanding, and gently rebuilding connection where it has been strained or lost. You can read more about Transformative Couples Therapy here:https://tctinstitute.org/
Rates for Couples and Families: $150. Reach out to Jen about using insurance for couples therapy.
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Coming Fall 2026! Stay tuned!
Seasonal Grief Circles
Parental Support Circles
Expressive Arts and Embodiment
Jen’s Story
I am a mother, partner, aspiring poet, and someone who feels deeply. I am drawn to quiet, intentional moments: slow mornings, tending to relationships with my grown children, listening to birdsong, engaging in creative rituals, watching fireflies light up the field in late spring, exploring forest trails with my soul dog and sharing moonlit conversations with friends around a fire.
I love thrifting with coffee in hand, decorating with vintage finds, and tending to our small micro-farm of goats, chickens, and wildflowers along the mountain landscape. I am sensitive, intuitive, and value authentic expressions of an ordinary life.
These parts of me are not separate from my work. My lived experiences shape how I show up with my clients as nurturing, warm, and present to both the ache and beauty of being human. I hold an embodied sense of: “I’m with you in this. We’ll find a way through together.”
Education/Licensure
Virginia Commonwealth University, MSW ‘23
Virginia Tech, B.S. Family and Child Development ‘99
VA Department of Health Professions License #0904020444
Let’s Work Together
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