“I am large, I contain multitudes” (Whitman)
Five Strengths: Empathizer, Believer, Restorer, Strategist, Learner
Jess Wolinsky specializes in working with youth and adolescents as they navigate this wondrous and challenging stage of development. As a former educator, Jess has 15 years of prior experience as a teacher and school leader earning a Master’s of Arts in Teaching from Brown University and a Master of Arts in English from Middlebury College. Since 2020, Jess has transitioned from working with youth in the classroom to supporting their mental health journeys more broadly. With a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Antioch University, Jess has work experience seeing clients in a community mental health clinic and in a school-based health center. Jess feels passionately about supporting youth navigating the challenges of early life and adolescence. Her theoretical framework focuses on synergetic play therapy, somatic experiencing, IFS (internal family systems), CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy), and EMDR (eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapies.
