Jennifer Brehme
Service(s) Offered:
Counseling
Specialties include: addiction, grief/recent loss, personality disorders, trauma, learning differences (ADHD, autism, etc.), and dual diagnoses
Therapeutic modalities: DBT, Psychodynamic Therapy, Attachment Based Behavioral Therapy
Who I Work With:
Individual Adults (Male & Female)
Couples
Minors 5+
Clinical counselor for California residents (can provide mental health diagnoses at her discretion); pastoral counselor for non-California residents (mental health diagnoses cannot be given for non-California residents)
Availability:
Virtual appointments only
Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays
What You’ll Come Away With:
I believe that you can receive deep, sustainable change in your life. With my integration of both spiritual and clinical skills (plus my personal inner-healing experiences!), I’ll help you 1) pinpoint unhelpful relational and thought patterns in your life, and 2) develop healthier coping mechanisms. You’ll have a better understanding of the roots of the challenges in your life, and I’ll equip you with tools to address any persistent issues.
Biography:
I’ve been involved in inner-healing ministry for years and have served as a ministry team trainer at Santa Monica Vineyard in Los Angeles. Much of my counseling and ministerial work is informed by my own healing journey with God as I walked out of my own trauma and anxiety by learning how to be a beloved child of the King.
Due to early trauma and wounding, I emerged into adulthood experiencing significant anxiety and panic when crises would occur. Through participation in therapy with a Spirit-filled clinician, I learned how to bring younger places in my heart/history to the Lord and to allow Him to minister comfort and safety into those places. He literally changed my foundation from shifting sand to the SOLID Rock. I have been free of anxiety and panic since February 1998. Because of my own experience, I deeply understand younger wounding and trauma, and I have great faith and confidence in the Lord’s ability to transform and restore us. He does this through His loving re-parenting as well as using safe and trained others.
I was ordained as a pastor in 2020 by my church, and in that capacity, I offer pastoral counseling to clients all over the world via telehealth. As a counselor, I’ve worked with a wide variety of clients and challenges including children & families, behavioral issues, addiction, trauma, and gender/sexual identity struggles. I’m most interested in how our faith informs and ultimately defines our responses to inner-wounding. I find joy in accompanying people on their healing journey as directed by the Holy Spirit and incorporating the clinical skills God has enabled me to develop over the years.
I am an active, outdoors person and enjoy bicycle riding, walking and hiking in beautiful settings when I’m not at work. I’m also a worship leader with a house of prayer; playing guitar and singing give me great joy.
Experience & Education:
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
Clinical Supervisor since 2010
M.A. Psychology and Counseling, Trinity College, 2000
B.A. Physical Education, Sonoma State University, 1986
A.A. General Studies, Glendale College, 1983
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Linehan Board of Certification, 2019
Seeking Safety Trauma Treatment, County of San Bernardino, 2015
Certified Grief Counselor, Glendale Adventist Hospital, 1996
