Jennifer Ziegler

LMFT, Pastoral Counselor

 
 

Passionate about helping clients to discover real freedom and joy after trauma, Jennifer works in an integrative style, incorporating a wide variety of evidence-based healing practices. As a trauma specialist, Jennifer focuses on helping clients heal and grow after religious/church-based trauma, spiritual abuse, traumatic stress related symptoms, ministry burnout and compassion fatigue, relationship stressors, and family estrangement. With a long lineage of pastors in her own family, Jennifer especially enjoys helping other pastor’s wives and adult pks/mks.

When not with clients, Jennifer loves playing with yarn (knitting, spinning, and weaving), walking in the woods, daydreaming and occasionally cleaning a house that seems determined not to stay that way. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her pastor husband and sweet dog Emmi, and delights to spend time with her three grown sons and one daughter in law (so far…), whenever possible.

 
 
 

Personal,
Educational,
and Professional Experience

  • MA in Marriage & Family Therapy from Wheaton College Graduate School

  • BA in Spiritual Formation from Wheaton College

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Illinois

  • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)

  • Certified Brainspotting Practitioner

  • Certified Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) Provider

  • Certified in Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy

  • Certified in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

  • Certified Provider of Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP) and Rest & Restore Protocol (RRP)

  • Member of Trinity Presbyterian Church