Jennifer Sterling
LCAT #002552
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist & Registered Dance/Movement Therapist
Depression
Race-Based Traumatic Stress
Anxiety
Client Focus
Black women and girls who are high functioning, emotionally exhausted, and ready for change, particularly those living with depression and seeking more than traditional talk therapy.
Therapy Approaches
Somatic Experiencing, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Liberation Psychology
Specialties
Depression (particularly high functioning depression in Black women and girls), Anxiety, Race-Based Traumatic Stress, body-based emotional regulation
Jennifer Sterling is a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist who specializes in working with Black women and girls who are high functioning, emotionally exhausted, and tired of being strong all the time, especially those living with depression.
She tends to work best with clients who feel ready for change and want more than insight alone, clients who are open to practicing new ways of relating to their emotions, bodies, and lives. Her therapeutic approach incorporates Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, CPT, DBT, and Liberation Psychology. Jennifer helps clients recognize patterns without pathologizing them and build practical, body-based ways to respond differently.
With a Master's degree in Holistic Nutrition and a Master's degree in Dance/Movement Therapy, Jennifer brings over 15 years of experience in health and wellness to her work. Her deeply body-based and culturally informed practice blends therapy with a solution-oriented, coaching-informed approach. She specializes in high-functioning depression, specifically the kind that shows up for Black women and girls.
Jennifer's goal is for clients to leave their work together with a clearer understanding of their emotions, a more supportive relationship with their bodies, and practical tools they can use in everyday life. She wants clients to feel more choice, ease, and confidence in how they respond to stress, rather than feeling ruled by it.
Outside the therapy room, Jennifer plays the alto sax and is a former pastry chef who loves to bake in her free time.
Jennifer's work is deeply body-based and culturally informed, bringing an understanding of the unique ways that race-based traumatic stress lives in the body and affects Black women and girls.
She blends therapy with a solution-oriented, coaching-informed approach that moves beyond insight to create tangible, sustainable change in clients' daily lives.
With specialized expertise in high-functioning depression, Jennifer helps clients who have been strong for everyone else finally find space to be vulnerable, regulate their nervous systems, and develop a more compassionate relationship with themselves.
"I hope clients leave our work with a clearer understanding of their emotions, a more supportive relationship with their bodies, and practical tools they can use in everyday life. My goal is for clients to feel more choice, ease, and confidence in how they respond to stress, rather than feeling ruled by it."
- Jennifer Sterling