Jennifer Vahsholtz

Student Intern

Email: jennifer@refugecounseling.com

Phone: (208) 615-5606

I love helping my clients take actions that lead them towards a rich, meaningful, and flexible life despite the hard stuff that is part of the human experience. I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients identify what is important to them, gain awareness for and get unhooked from what’s holding them back, and then take action towards what really matters. I see a variety of clients with a wide range of struggles. I highly enjoy helping couples, teens, women, and men decrease suffering, change their relationship with difficult experiences, and increase values-based living.

 Personal Interests

If I have a spare minute, you will likely find me with a good book. I love investing in my marriage of 28 years. Together my husband and I love to read marriage books, and we lead an informal marriage growth group. Before beginning my training to become a counselor, I worked with teens in a youth group setting. This experience gave me a passion for helping teens understand and navigate the difficulties of this life stage. I love hiking, snowshoeing, and adventuring with my three adult children and their families.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Master of Science in Counseling from Northwest Nazarene University

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Lewis-Clark State College

Specialties

• Teens

• Young adults

• Couples

• Women’s life transitions

• Trauma

• Anxiety

• Depression