Jenna Riemersma | SpeakerHub

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Bio

Jenna Riemersma is the Founder and Clinical Director of the Atlanta Center for Relational Healing, and teaching faculty for the International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) specializing in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and trauma. She also holds a Masters degree in Public Policy from Harvard University and her previous career was on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Jenna recently published her new book: Altogether You: Experiencing Personal and Spiritual Transformation through Internal Family Systems. She is passionate about bringing the message of personal, spiritual, and global transformation to secular and faith-based groups.

Jenna's dynamic message brings healing to personal struggles and vitality to spiritual journeys through engaging stories, application-focused IFS tools, and spiritual integration. She is an energetic and gifted speaker whose passion is to empower others to life full and meaningful lives.

Jenna has been featured on podcasts such as Love Your Neighbor and Carol the Coach, and is a speaker on BloomforWomen.com.

Jenna lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband of 25 years and is the proud mom of two young adults. She loves animals, yoga, and provoking paradigm-changing thinking in others who don't typically venture outside the box.

Learn more about Jenna at jennariemersma.com.

Learn more about the Atlanta Center for Relational Healing at acfrh.com.

Current position (2)

Founder, Clinical Director

Atlanta Center for Relational Healing

Teaching Faculty

International Institute of Trauma & Addiction Professionals

Degrees (2)

Masters in Public Policy

Harvard University

1995 to 1997

Masters in Professional Counseling

Richmont Graduate University

2011 to 2014

Presentations

Presentations (4)

Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model: Innovation in the alleviation of human suffering

This workshop provides an introduction to the Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model, a unique and compassionate model of psychotherapy that locates the source of healing within the client. IFS is recognized by SAMHSA’s National Registry for Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP). IFS is utilized in the treatment of such wide ranging physical and emotional challenges as rheumatoid arthritis, depression, anxiety, addiction, sexual compulsivity, trauma, eating disorders, self-loathing, dissociation and suicidal ideation. IFS has surged in popularity in recent years as clinicians have discovered its radical effectiveness with otherwise entrenched populations. IFS was the basis for the popular Pixar movie “Inside Out,” and is being used in such diverse environments as inner-city classrooms, professional athletic trainings, therapy centers, and international peace negotiations.

Politics, Religion and Other Unmentionables: Finding Self in a polarized world.

Our world is increasingly polarized by political and religious ideology that wounds and divides. From the halls of Congress to the hallways of Harvard to the sanctuaries of southern churches, Jenna has lived and worked, studied and worshipped, alongside the most divisive groups in the country. This workshop will speak powerfully to our hearts as we learn together to bring hope to divided communities and bring the message of Self-leadership to a world that desperately needs it.

Changing the Game: Internal Family Systems (IFS) in Sex Addiction Treatment

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidenced-based therapeutic approach that brings a revolutionary new lens to the treatment of sex addicts and their partners. IFS guides both client and therapist towards the healing power that exists within each individual, and engages therapist and client compassion for even the most difficult "parts" of any client, such as the "part" that acts out sexually and the "part" that controls or the "part" that denies. IFS brings enhanced client self awareness, facilitates much more rapid and permanent healing than traditional methods, and entirely avoids resistance as it moves towards all parts of the client with compassion and curiosity.

Internal Family Systems: When spirituality meets innovation in the alleviation of human suffering

Jenna provides an overview of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model through a Christian lens. IFS is a unique and compassionate model of psychotherapy that locates the source of healing within the client. IFS is recognized by SAMHSA’s National Registry for Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP). IFS is utilized in the treatment of such wide ranging physical and emotional challenges as rheumatoid arthritis, depression, anxiety, addiction, sexual compulsivity, trauma, eating disorders, self-loathing, dissociation and suicidal ideation. IFS has surged in popularity in recent years as clinicians have discovered its radical effectiveness with otherwise entrenched populations.

Past talks (3)

Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model: Innovation in the alleviation of human suffering

Richmont Graduate University

Atlanta, GA

February 28, 2020

Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model: Innovation in the alleviation of human suffering

International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals

Atlanta, GA

October 4, 2019

Changing the Game: Internal Family Systems (IFS) in Sex Addiction Treatment

International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP)

Phoenix, AZ