Our Team

Hi, I’m Jennifer—and I’m so glad you’re here. I’m a licensed clinical social worker, certified HeartMath®️ trainer, and mom to three incredible girls—plus a few furry (and scaly) family members. For more than 20 years, I’ve supported people navigating anxiety, panic, ADHD, and emotional overwhelm—not just as a clinician, but as someone who truly gets it.

My own path has included living with ADHD, managing a seizure disorder, and finding my way through painful life chapters like divorce, panic attacks, and profound loss. I’ve walked through the dark nights. I know how isolating it can feel when your nervous system won’t settle and nothing seems to work the way it’s “supposed to.”

What helped me come back to myself, again and again, wasn’t just therapy or breathwork.

It was my dog.

Her steady presence. Her unconditional love. Her ability to calm my body without a single word. Sitting beside her, feeling my breath slow and my heart soften, something clicked: this is regulation. This is what safety feels like.

That realization—my dog is better than a therapist—sparked the creation of Paws 4 Wellness.

Today, Paws 4 Wellness is a book, an app, a community, and a method grounded in what I call Pet Medicine: a trauma-informed, science-backed approach that helps people use the bond they already trust most—their relationship with their pet—to feel calmer, safer, and more whole. Through simple, daily practices rooted in connection, movement, mindfulness, tapping, and reflection, we retrain the nervous system together—human and animal, side by side.