Biography
Jenni Gordon, MA is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Simpson University. She has experience working in the schools with children and families, and was in a private practice setting from 2013 until 2023 before transitioning to full time work as a clinical supervisor and Director of an outpatient clinic, the Center for Resilience. She completed the externship with Dr. Susan Johnson on Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy in San Francisco in June of 2012. She was trained by Dr. DaLene Forester in EMDR, and was excited with its application to trauma work. Through this experience she came to realize she was passionate about negative belief systems and concepts of shame. So, when she saw Brené Brown’s Ted talk in 2010 in which Brené addressed the very human fear of vulnerability and linked it to the idea of shame, Jenni decided to pursue this work. Since then, she completed the National Training in the curriculum Brené developed, the Daring Way™, in San Antonio, Texas in February 2014 becoming a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator. She has continued to build education on self-compassion, co-dependence, and grief work. As of March 2023, she is a CAMFT-certified Supervisor. She also completed her Polyvagal-Informed certification process with PVI in 2025 and continues to build on her expertise in trauma care with children and families.
