About Jennifer Shatzkin

I empower individuals to discover their resiliency, harness the energy of their anxiety in productive ways, and better manage negative unhelpful worry thinking. Anxiety results in the space between overestimating the probability of danger AND underestimating your ability to cope with it. My philosophy for healing is that everyone has strength and resiliency to cope with much more than they could imagine, and through therapy you discover those strengths and how to implement them.

I have worked with hundreds of clients in over 15 years as a licensed therapist. Having been an active duty military spouse for 20 years, I’ve been licensed in 6 states and have vast experience providing therapy to diverse populations in numerous settings with various needs. This led me to develop a niche specialty of primary anxiety conditions (such as generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic, phobias) and OCD; as well as secondary anxiety (from ADHD, autism, sensory integration); and external stressors  (societal, medical, relational, existential, environmental, financial).

A significant rise in anxiety has occurred in the general population over the past several years. There are many factors contributing to this. In addition to keeping abreast of mental health trends and neurocognitive research, I am fascinated by how technology is changing every industry, including therapy. This piqued my interest in integrating technology with evidence-based therapy models. Virtual reality simulation has been studied and utilized in several universities and the Department of Defense to treat trauma, phobias, OCD, and anxiety. Combining this technology with evidence based psychotherapy can result in significant improvements in a short amount of time. This inspired me to learn more and offer the cutting edge therapy tool of Virtual Reality Therapy in my practice.

I use an eclectic approach of research-proven Virtual Reality Immersion Therapy (VRIT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Inference- Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ExRP or ERP), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (M-CBT), Somatic Experiencing, and other evidence-based techniques to help clients face fears and anxieties in imaginal, live, and virtual environments while teaching mindfulness, cognitive skills, and how to regulate body sensations.

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