Jadis Deshong-Venay
She/Her/Hers
Professional Counselor Associate Specialties • Insurance & Fees • Locations
Massachusetts
Accepting Online
Supervised by Ashley Nelson, MA, 122053, 04/04/2024
Updated October 11, 2023
Jadis Deshong-Venay
Specialties & Expertise
- Adjustment difficulties & disorders
- Anxiety
- Communication issues
- Depression
- Race & cultural identity
- Relationship issues
Professional statement
Jadis will work with her clients to promote life wellness using a cognitive-behavioral approach influenced by solution-focused and strength-based perspectives. With cognitive-behavioral approaches, her clients will learn to challenge and restructure their negative thoughts, incorporate relaxation techniques into their lives, and problem-solve.
Through solution-focused and strength-based perspectives, her clients will learn to use their strengths, re-frame things they see as weaknesses, and create interpersonal resolutions to life's challenges. Together, Jadis and her clients will create a culturally sensitive, judgment-free, and inclusive environment that allows her clients to grow, transform, and heal.
Specialties
Adjustment difficulties & disorders - Support around adapting to new and/or challenging life circumstances; skill-building for improved stress management and reduction of anxiety.
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Communication issues - Developing effective interpersonal skills in relationships withpartners, families, and co-workers; using healthy methods of communication to convey needs and respond to others
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
Race & cultural identity - Exploring topics of racial, cultural, and ethnic background as it relates to one’s family origins and personal identity
Relationship issues - Understanding one’s wants and needs in relationships; exploring patterns of interaction, addressing concerns, and strengthening satisfaction in relationships and dating
General expertise
Treatment approaches
Clientele
- Adults (24+)
- Young adults (18-24)
Insurance
- Aetna
- Aetna International
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- All Savers Insurance Company
- Allied Benefit Systems
- Cigna
- Golden Rule Insurance Company
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
- MVP Healthcare
- Meritain Health
- New School Student Insurance (United Healthcare Student Resources)
- Nippon Life Benefits
- Optum
- Oxford Health Plans
- Surest (formerly Bind)
- Trustmark
- UMR
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare Shared Services
- University of California Berkeley Student Health Insurance (Wellfleet Student)
- Wellfleet
Out-of-pocket fees
- Individual sessions: $150 (60min)
- Sliding scale: $100 - $150
Location(s)
Online Sessions (Massachusetts)
Accepting new clients online
Currently Available Times
- Morning (Before 10am)
- Daytime (10am - 1pm)
- Afternoon (1pm - 5pm)
- Evening (After 5pm)
- Weekends
Regular Hours
- Mon 9am - 6pm
- Tue 9am - 6pm
- Wed 9am - 6pm
- Thu 9am - 6pm
- Fri 9am - 1pm
- Sat Closed
- Sun Closed
Work and Education
Years of Experience: 2 years
Resilience Lab, Therapist, 2023 - Present
New York University-Steinhardt, Masters, 2023
Licensure
Massachusetts: 122053
Languages
English