Meet Jen

Meet Jen Middleton, LCMHC

Jen is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor specializing in attachment, relational health, and the patterns that keep individuals and couples feeling stuck. She earned her master’s degree from Concordia University Irvine through the Townsend Institute, where she studied under Dr. John Townsend, co-author of the Boundaries series.

Jen has completed extensive postgraduate and continuing training in couples and relational work, including affair and betrayal recovery, premarital counseling, and neurodivergent relationships, with additional focus on attachment, trauma-informed care, and the neuroscience of connection.

She has trained in the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), the Gottman Method, Imago Relationship Therapy, Relational Life Therapy (RLT), Relationship Theory, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Jen brings a neurodivergence-affirming lens to her work and recognizes that differences in attention, sensory processing, executive functioning, emotional regulation, communication, and social processing can significantly shape relationship dynamics. Rather than assuming there is one “right” way to communicate or connect, she helps clients better understand their individual differences while also developing the skills and flexibility needed to build healthier relationships.

Her work integrates these approaches to help people understand the deeper emotional, relational, and nervous system patterns shaping their relationships so they can communicate with more honesty and care, navigate differences more effectively, and build the capacity for more secure connection.