Jennifer Hartman

Jennifer’s work is focused on both children's mental health and supporting adults as they process their own childhood. Jennifer has in-depth experience with clients who are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, navigating the school systems in NYC (for parents and young learners), emerging adulthood, and loss/grief.

Jennifer works with clients in a relational and experiential way to collaboratively become in touch with their intrinsic capacities to heal and to co-create purposeful and satisfying patterns in their lives. Though humans have defenses, shame and maladaptive coping strategies, Jennifer strongly believes we also have innate abilities to rewire pathways to heal and grow.

Jennifer believes psychological well-being is promoted during therapy when we slow down and pay attention to the vital messages of our bodies. The phrase “survival of the nurtured” coined by Dr. Louis Cozolino, highlights how the search for the right therapist is a courageous and purposeful act. As a Native New Yorker, Jennifer is committed to working with clients as they nourish their capacities for a high quality presence and cooperate with life’s inevitable challenges in such a demanding landscape. Jennifer works within a framework that is neurodiversity - affirming, queer-competent, racial-justice oriented and class conscious.

Columbia University (MA, EdM, Counseling Psychology)

Hunter College (MSEd, Special Education, focus on Behavior Disorders)

Vassar College (BA, American Culture and Education Major)