Meet Anne Jansen, MA, RN, LPC Christian counselor in Grand Rapids
You don’t have to hold this alone.
From the outside looking in, things seem to be going pretty well. Inside, things feel chaotic - you're exhausted, overwhelmed, and feel alone; even with people around you. Your relationships are difficult or even in crisis. Your faith feels flat and God feels distant. You don’t feel like the person you know yourself to be. You so badly want to have a grasp on things and feel more grounded.
I work with teens and adults who want to create lasting change in their lives and relationships. I believe you deserve a space where you are seen for where you’ve been, embraced for who you are, and have support for where you're going. I believe God’s promise to us that “He is making all things new,”
And I believe that means YOU too.
What is it like to work with me as your therapist?
I am convicted that as a therapist, one of the most important things I can do for my clients is my own work. As someone who has participated in a lot of counseling over the course of my life, I have encountered numerous experiences ranging from damaging to transformational. The most healing environments I have encountered in my journey are those where the relationship was gentle, warm, compassionate, and REAL. Therefore, I am not the kind of therapist that feels like a brick wall, simply observing. I am the kind of therapist that is participating with you on your journey. My clients describe therapuetic relationship with me as “genuine”, “truly caring”, “empowering”, and “safe”.
What will our work together look like?
I believe our lives have been traumatic enough, counseling shouldn’t be. Therefore, my approach is gentle. I do not want you powering through the hard things, overwhelming and overriding your protective systems, thereby betraying yourself.
I will teach you to listen to, attune to, and care for your body - as it holds our story and information necessary for healing.
Through the lens of the Internal Family Systems model (IFS), I will help you identify the different “parts” of you and help you, as your Spirit-led self, to care for all your most vulnerable parts.
I will equip you with knowledge and understanding into how our brains and nervous systems work. I will teach you tools to care for yourself in feelings of anxiety, depression, overwhelm, and deep grief drawing from the Christian faith and neurobiological truths.
I will guide you through exercises to experience God, your inner world, forgiveness, and compassion
If you are experiencing betrayal trauma or abuse in your relationship, I will be a fierce guide, advocate, and person to lean on when you feel like you might collapse. My priority is your safety - emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually and together we will lay a foundation of truth and set up a system for your protection.
I believe your experience is TRUE and VALID, and I am here for you.