Jennifer McCombs, LCSW
Message from Jennifer
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Nevada, Arizona, and California with over 15 years of clinical experience. I am skilled at using a wide variety of therapeutic approaches, including attachment work and depth-oriented psychotherapy, IFS and parts work, psychedelic assisted psychotherapy, emotion-focused therapy, various trauma and body-based therapies, Brainspotting, Lifespan Integration, mindfulness, and meaning and insight based therapies. However, I tailor my approach based on the specific goals and strengths of the client, so that each person experiences therapy that is a good fit for them. All the therapy I do is evidence-based and is designed to be empowering, with a focus on de-pathologizing the person.
About Jennifer's practice
Weekdays After 5pm
Weekdays Before 9am
Weekdays 9am - 5pm
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Sliding scale
Reflective
Body-based
In-person available: Yes
Virtual available: Yes
Chronic Illness
Mood
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Fertility
Divorce
Spiritual Crisis or Transition
Women's Obstacles
United / Oxford
Blue Cross Blue Shield BCBS
Anthem
Aetna
Cigna
Medicare
Oscar
Optum
AZ + 2 more
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Get to Know Jennifer
How can you tell if I am benefiting from working with you?
Our work is an active and forever breathing and pulsing process. The dialogue around connection, disappointment and improvement are always part of our process. I tell clients throughout our time together that we will constantly be shifting and evolving based on what arises in the therapeutic space. The relationship is the most important part of the process and if there is misalignment and misattunement and the client feels upset and unseen, it is necessary for those working with me bring up such concerns and/or that I equally watch for shifts in energy and presence. I look at therapy as a greenhouse of healing and if we are unable to discuss misalignment in the safest space possible (i.e., the therapy room), then it will be almost impossible for a client to bring up such vulnerabilities in their day to day relationships.
Are there any philosophies or values that inform your work that I should know about?
I am a long time meditator and believe in a mindful philosophy of life, which I often translate into my practice. I attend a Spring and Fall 10-day silent meditation retreat every year, which has brought improved awareness, patience and understanding of the human condition. I incorporate much of the 2500 year old Buddhist teachings and wisdom into the therapy process and believe very much in aligning oneself with a deeper spiritual connection, especially in the modern world that is incredibly disconnected, misaligned and fragmented from many of the values that support healing the mind/body/soul.
From your perspective, what is therapy?
In a nutshell...we live in a world that wishes to rid us as quickly as possible of suffering through a behavioral change or pill. Stop and think about the word psychopathology. 'Psyche' is the Greek word for soul. 'Pathos' refers to suffering. 'Logos' means "word" or "expression". So psychopathology is literally the expression of the suffering of the soul. Wouldn't it make sense to stop and pay attention? The word 'therapeuein' means "to listen or attend to psyche, the soul". I believe the role of therapy is to pay attention to rather than suppress psychopathology and to ask, "What is the soul trying to say to me?"