Jenny Williams
Psychotherapist & Founder
Jenny is a licensed psychotherapist and certified Brainspotting consultant with specializations in trauma and performance / creativity enhancement. Jenny has trained and practiced widely in both the UK and the USA, and has advanced training in various innovative mind-body therapies that help individuals release trauma stored in the body and expand creative capacity, including Brainspotting, EMDR, mindfulness, and IFS. Jenny’s therapeutic work is informed by her background in the creative arts. She works collaboratively with her clients to help them tap into their innate creativity and use it as a means of self-expression and healing. Jenny is passionate about helping people overcome trauma, heal performance blocks, and unlock their creative potential.
LCSW (086644)
Clinical Training
Jenny was inspired to become a therapist after experiencing the transformational power of conscious, compassionate self-observation via her training in mindfulness and meditation across continents. Jenny completed her graduate education at UCLA, and was awarded a place in the highly regarded psychodynamic training externship in the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. Jenny completed post-graduate clinical training at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, providing individual, family, group, and school counseling to children and families. Jenny then worked in a private group practice in West LA, providing trauma-focused psychotherapy to actors and entertainment industry professionals. Prior to opening her own private practice back in Manhattan, Jenny spent several years working at a counseling and wellness practice, running meditation and mindfulness groups and providing individual and couples therapy to creative professionals and her NYC community.
Background
Prior to becoming a licensed psychotherapist Jenny earned a BA Hons in Drama from the University of Manchester in the UK, and then worked extensively in the arts in London and New York. She continues to be passionate about creative expression and loves working with those who are too. As a dual citizen of the US and the UK, Jenny brings a unique international perspective to her work. She is sensitive to the complexities of cross-cultural living, and enjoys exploring issues of acculturation, identity and all aspects of migration (including the overall experience of not-being-feeling-at-home).
Laurie Giddins
Associate Psychotherapist
Laurie has over two decades of experience in mental health and education. Specializing exclusively in women's mental health, Laurie empowers her clients to lead more connected, authentic, and fulfilling lives. She helps clients challenge self-doubt and negative self-judgment, resolve emotional pain and trauma, reduce stress and anxiety, and rediscover their innate joy. She has specialized training in trauma recovery and post-traumatic growth. Laurie currently provides services under clinical supervision. You can book a consult for therapy with Laurie through her individual website here.
Clinical Training
Laurie holds a graduate degree in Social Work from Hunter College and completed an internship working with children, educators, and parents at Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School in Manhattan. She completed advanced training in trauma at the National Institute of the Psychotherapies. Laurie currently provides services under clinical supervision for LCSW licensure. She brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her practice.
Background
After earning her BA from Skidmore College, Laurie rapidly progressed through increasingly senior communications roles in the media industry. She eventually led marketing and business development for AMC Networks, overseeing a large team and managing significant projects. Laurie's extensive corporate management experience enables her to effectively support and guide clients navigating professional journeys while seeking work-life balance.
Building on her corporate success, Laurie transitioned to the nonprofit sector to focus on her passion for education and mental health. At the Child Mind Institute in New York, she directed public advocacy programs and developed educational resources for parents and educators for children's mental health. This work inspired her to pursue a master's degree in Social Work so she could directly and clinically support individuals coping with mental health challenges.
Our Approach
Your experience of therapy is as unique as you are. With this in mind, we offer a holistic and highly personalized approach, tailored to your specific strengths and circumstances. We deeply value the relationship created in therapy and offer a warm, containing, and collaborative space where you'll be accepted and supported. However you come to therapy is welcomed - you can’t do this wrong!
Our approach is grounded in empathy and intuition. As your therapists we are here to support your mental, emotional, relational, and spiritual wellness, and to equip you with effective tools to empower yourself when life gets complicated. Our journey together will focus on clearing inner obstacles that affect your confidence, creativity, and connection with your authentic self and with others. Releasing blocks and unwanted patterns that are deeply rooted in the body can only happen when you feel safe and well supported. Within an empathic and attuned therapeutic relationship, we’ll provide the tools and support to help you heal, grow and fulfill your personal and creative potential.
“We believe that everyone deserves a compassionate, skilled, and dedicated ally to support them when life gets complicated.”
Therapy can enhance your natural creativity, help you find balance, and support you to live joyfully and freely in a life that is not dictated by the past. In our work together, many of our clients notice an organic shift toward a state of emotional health and creative vitality, moving away from feeling stuck or struggling in "survival mode" to thriving in their lives and careers.
We are incredibly passionate about helping clients realize their true power, purpose, and potential. We deeply value ongoing learning, and regularly attend training to ensure that our work together includes the most up-to-date and innovative techniques available.