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Jen is uncanny at her ability to spot snags in a family or organization. I experienced her expertise however, as she conducted moments that led to the untangling of the webs we spin around ourselves. Having adopted a young girl from China, I experienced Jen's counsel before and after the process and found it to be the music needed for our family's new dance. In my mind I could hear her kind words as I played with our new daughter. These moments of wisdom have served will with my other children, my wife, and even those with whom I work.
Hire her. Call her. Period. - Internationally Adoptive Dad, Littleton, CO
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Jen – We cannot thank you enough for everything you’ve done to help our family learn to help ourselves. :) Your support has been a valuable asset in the kids’ healing and in helping [husband] and I cope. Thank you for everything! - Adoptive Mother
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Good counselors are hard to find so we got lucky when we found Jen. She is helping me understand myself more than ever and move forward to improve my marriage as well as my relationship with my family. At first, I took a look at Jen and thought to myself "she looks very young and unexperienced!". I thought she was like the other counselors I've had in the past--they would ask me how I felt then let me talk for an hour with very little help. To my surprise, Jen is special and has been a blessing to my family and me. In less than a year, Jen has helped us improve our communication, understand one another, and most important she helped our family act like a family. Our family has hope and I give a big credit to Jen. We love her so much!
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I have been thinking about all you responded to in our last phone call... It is nice to have someone to tell things to...but once I have given you the background, it is even more nice to have your opinion and response to the things I tell you. Our call this week reaffirmed for me that getting your help as a consultant/coach in attachment disorder is exactly what I was looking for. You have the experience as an attachment therapist that I thought I needed and it turns out that it seems exactly like the area of support I have been missing... All on my own, I would never have come up with this. It is really hard to see if you don't have the background to recognize it... So, I am finding this extremely helpful.
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Jen – You are our wonderful miracle worker. You have been such a help to our family, and we can never thank you enough.
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Jen, I can’t thank you enough for all you have done to assist us in our adjustment process. You have changed our course many times in a positive direction. Being a mother to [daughter] has changed my life forever. I hope and pray that our family will always be able to meet her needs and help her become all that God has planned for her to be. I can say for a fact that we would not be where we are today without your encouragement, expertise, wisdom, and understanding. The challenges we have faced with [daughter] were not foreign to you. We needed someone who “really knew” her pain to guide us through. On the days you are weary and feel exhausted from hearing other people’s pain, remember that you are making a difference. I will forever be grateful for all you have done. I pray that God blesses you a hundred fold for all you have poured into us! I know we have challenges ahead of us, but I feel safe in knowing you will be there to guide us. Many blessings...
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Talking with Jen helped reassure me we were on the right track. Plus, she had concrete steps and suggestions for us that were able to put in place and made a big difference.
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After adopting my daughter from China, I was surprised to discover that I had bonding issues. Thinking that I could independently overcome my problems, I struggled alone. At the end of 8 months, however, I realized that I needed help and sought the assistance of Jen. Through her extraordinary counseling, I have developed a stronger, more intimate relationship with both of my children and realized that my perceived issues with my adopted daughter are, in fact, buried issues I have with my own person. Through in depth analysis, Jen has helped me to acknowledge and confront these burrowed emotions and concerns. Jen’s counseling style is trusting, honest, engaging and gets to the source of the trouble. She helps clients to obtain perspective and balance by gently guiding and encouraging them to adjust their emotions, actions and ways of thinking.
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Thank you for talking with us again last night. Your advice, information, understanding and willingness to listen were so much appreciated.
Good news – [Little one] woke up this morning and said, “Mommy take me to Pre-School.” I did with no problems at allJ It felt GREAT!!
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Since we have called with problems to discuss, I thought I would email some great successes with [kiddo] thanks to your advice.
Pre-school is going great and I am dropping off and picking up without a problem at all. She loves the teachers and tells me everyday how nice they are and how much she likes them. She also went to her second gymnastics class and told me to watch for a little bit and then I could leave and that worked tooJ Swimming lessons – [Dad] called and spoke with the instructor and told her all about [kiddo] etc. She was very understanding and just planned on talking with her today and sittin next to the pool. Well talking was fine, but then tears and screams until we got her over to the pool edge and the instructor started talking and playing with her and I slowly inched away and within five minutes the teacher was getting her suit and her and [kiddo] were tooling around the pool for an hour almostJ Talking with her ahead of time and finding that “right” person is so important and key as you said. WOW – proof today.
We have also discussed falling asleep more by herself and she is beginning to open up to that idea as well…not there yet, but listening and thinking about it.
Wanted to share what great weeks we are having and to thank you again for your help.
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We have had the pleasure of working with Jennifer Winkelmann for the past few weeks. She came highly recommended to us and we are truly amazed at her gift of working with children and their families. For the first time, we feel like we have finally met someone who has such a passion and an incredible heart for children. Jennifer has related to the situation at hand and has been able to work with our daughter in ways that no one else has ever been able to. She has worked with our family and helped us understand not only the human body and brain function, but how children process their thoughts and emotions. Jennifer has helped our family take steps in helping our daughter and helping our family get through some rough times. We are so grateful to Jennifer and appreciate all of the work she has done for our family.
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Jennifer Winkelmann has been a godsend to our family. Our counseling sessions are worth every penny and more so. The sessions have improved our family’s foundational and communication skills and allowed our family members to move forward from a period of frustration and misunderstanding to a new level of bonding and understanding. We still have lots of work to do, but we are more confident knowing that we will have Jen by our sides along the way. … We have a daughter who we adopted older and who was sexually abused and abandoned multiple times as a child. Jen has helped us understand the meaning behind our child’s anger and behaviors so that we can better address her underlying fears and begin to supply some of the key parenting and nurturing experiences she missed as a child. We now understand that her reactions and behaviors are rooted in fear and that she cycles through many ages in her day-to-day life as a result of the abuse and abandonment. This has been tremendously helpful for us as parents in learning how to respond to her in age-appropriate ways, minimizing her frustrations. Our counseling sessions have been invaluable for the entire family. Through a therapy method called Life Scripts, in which each of our family members reviewed key events and relationships in our lives, we better understand why each of us reacts to certain triggers in our everyday lives, which helps us in general be more patient with each other. I highly recommend Ms. Winkelmann as a family counselor. She truly has been a gift to us, as I hope she will be to you, as well.
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