About the Therapist

 
 

Hey, I’m Jessica (Smith) Frerichs, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Owner at, Velveteen Counseling and Consulting PLLC. Velveteen was created to be a safe resource for Teens and Adults who have experienced trauma, chronic stress, depression/isolation, and relationship issues that come with that habit of bracing for the worst.

As a clinically trained therapist my purpose is to invite clients to enter into a new relationship with themselves, offering the support, encouragement, and techniques for responding to challenges, I have discovered in my years of practice (both clinical and human).

Life won’t stop asking for your strength,

let’s develop more understanding & ownership of yours.

EDUCATION*CERTIFICATIONS*LICENSURE

Master of Social Work - Newman University

Licensed Clinical Social Worker- Colorado USA

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing- Certified by EMDRIA

Safe and Sound Protocol/ Polyvagal Therapies- Unyte-ILS

Somatic Processing & Nervous System Tuning

“You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.

Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.

But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”

-the Velveteen Rabbit

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