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Jennifer Allen

Jennifer Allen, LMFT, ATR-BC

Member profile details

Membership level

LMFT Member

First name

Jennifer

Last name

Allen

boneknowing@gmail.com

Phone

831-277-9348

City

Carmel

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Title

Jennifer Allen, LMFT, ATR-BC

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Website

www.kayruwellness.com

Work Phone

831-277-9348

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Focus Areas

Art Therapy
Consultation
Grief & Loss
Meditation / Mindfulness
Mind / Body
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/Complex P
Professional Consultation & Training
Spirituality
Women's Issues

Clinical Orientation

Body Oriented Therapy
Client Centered Therapy
Coaching
EMDR
Expressive Arts
Humanistic / Existential
Hypnotherapy
Integrative / Eclectic Therapy
Sand Tray Therapy
Somatic
Spiritual / Religious
Transpersonal

Office Location

Big Sur
Carmel

Groups - Clinical / Professional

Art Therapy
Professional Consultation
Women's Groups

Biography

I’ve practiced psychotherapy and art therapy for over 25 years with a variety of experience from end-of-life care at hospice, to facilitating Art for Access and grief ritual workshops at Esalen and other venues, to presenting on grief, to facilitating children’s grief groups, to medical art therapy, to a private practice of 18 years. I have a Master of Science with specializations in Counseling Education and in Art Therapy, both of which I have full licensure/certification in. In addition, I have certifications in EMDR, Natural Processing, Trauma informed Art Therapy, and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy. I also have training in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, Yoga (200 hour), Depth Hypnosis and Brainspotting.

Becoming certified in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Research through California Institute of Integral Studies and trained in KAP through the Ketamine Training Center has woven together my interests and capacities for an effective and efficient mode healing and growth. I offer a harm-reduction, growth-promoting model of preparation and integration of psychedelic and non-ordinary state experiences, as well as support of spiritual emergence. Currently, I offer Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy in coordination with a medical provider. My practice has shifted to this work and I am not taking new clients outside of KAP and integration work.
I have also shifted to group work and I offer opportunities for clinicians to learn, experientially, how to do integration work.

How I work with clients

Experiencing creativity as powerful healing vehicle in my own life is what led me to the field of art therapy and it is the foundation of how I work with clients. Whether we use art-making, imagination, drum journey, movement, parts work enacted, or voice —is dictated by the client’s process and utilizes my own presence and creativity, making therapy an alive, dynamic, co-creative experience.

My approach to integration and KAP overlaps with how I have worked with trauma. The body is an ally in this process as it “keeps score” of all that we have experienced, holding it until the psyche is ready to unpack it. Working from a holistic perspective with the body’s felt-sense allows the client’s inner healer to guide their own unique, organic process in the context of a supported, safe place. As clients learn to trust their healing intelligence, they often find it more accessible in daily life through practices that shift awareness.

Especially with trauma, the somatic nature of Natural Processing/EMDR/brainspotting/ Depth Hypnosis cultivates a client’s relationship to their inner healing intelligence, while also encouraging creative and holistic integration of trauma memory and resiliency building. My own learning and practice of Shamanic and earth-based traditions provides the ground for me to show up steady and present for my clients, welcoming all of who they are.

The Monterey County Chapter of the California Association of Marriage Family Therapists (MC-CAMFT) is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization.

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