Jenna Hessel (she/her)

Jenna is a graduate student in Northwestern University's master’s program in clinical mental health counseling. Her background in psychology, philosophy, and cultural anthropology has created a lasting interest in humanity as a whole as well as how individual people live within, struggle with, and come to understand the society around them. She is passionate about helping individuals build lifelong resilience, well-being, and happiness.

Jenna approaches counseling as an opportunity to create a collaborative, empathetic, and trusting relationship. She utilizes a non-pathologizing, integrative, and holistic approach to design treatment plans tailored to each client’s needs. She draws from principles of psychodynamic theory, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and experiential therapy.

As a 500-hour certified yoga teacher, Jenna also enjoys incorporating body-based approaches, mindfulness, and meditation into her work as a counselor.

In her free time, Jenna enjoys baking sourdough bread, reading, painting, taking long walks in the rain, and lifting weights.