meet our team
Jenna McKenzie
Registered Psychologist
Location
Frame of Mind Psychology
PO BOX 4241
Shellharbour NSW 2529
Currently providing online sessions and telehealth sessions only
Hours
Mondays 9am – 4pm
Wednesdays 9am – 4pm
Fridays 9am – 4pm
No wheelchair access
CONTACT INFORMATION
(please note, the above phone is monitored 3 days of the week)
Meet Jenna
Jenna is a Registered Psychologist and Member of The Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi) and Member of the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH).
Jenna has extensive experience within the public and private sectors, including adult mental health assessments, and both crisis and longer-term therapeutic interventions to adults experiencing a range of mental health presentations.
Jenna is experienced in providing trauma therapy to people who have experienced childhood trauma, and trauma in adulthood, including issues relating to sexual violence, domestic violence, deprivation and neglect, parental loss, birth trauma and single-incident traumas.
Jenna has experience in supporting people who are processing grief and loss, major life changes or stressors, relationship transitions, anxiety, panic disorder, depression and perinatal anxiety and depression.
Jenna has supported her clients to effect positive change in their lives. She is always inspired by the positive outcomes that clients have made when their therapeutic goals have been achieved. Jenna is passionate about helping her clients to overcome stressors in their lives and believes that one of the most effective vehicles of change is the therapeutic relationship.
Jenna’s therapeutic approach is based on evidence-based, best practice models of intentions which are client led, yet scientifically based.
Jenna draws on frameworks including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness based therapies (MBCBT), Dialetical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) Narrative (NT) and Gestalt approaches. Jenna utilizes stage-based approaches to Trauma Recovery and incorporates mind and body (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy) work into trauma recovery treatment.
Jenna’s interpersonal approach is nurturing, professional and goal oriented.
Jenna has worked as a treating Psychologist, a Clinical Supervisor, a Trainer and as an Assessor with the Children’s Court Clinic.
Referral Types - incl. psychological support services (PSS)
Adult Mental Health and General Counselling
National Disability Insurance Scheme
Perinatal anxiety and depression and adjustment to parenting
Trauma Recovery, both historical and recent trauma
Veterans Affairs
Victims Services
Work Cover
Jenna is part of our wellbeing team
Jenna has extensive experience providing professional development and training to counsellors, social workers and psychologists, as well as providing clinical supervision, vicarious trauma management within the workplace, and self-care planning. Jenna has provided on-call support to crisis workers, as well as longer-term prevention and planning around vicarious trauma and burnout management.
Jenna has worked with police, paramedics, nurses, doctors, lawyers, disability and other support workers, caseworkers and other helping professionals, to support them to manage the impacts of their roles.
