Jennifer McMains, MFT Intern


Jennifer McMains is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern working in Mission Valley and Rancho Bernardo, providing counseling for adults, children and adolescents. Jennifer received two Master's degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School n both counseling psychology and theology. She has been a youth and children's pastor, a church planter, autism consultant, early intervention specialist, and a short-term missionary to Amsterdam and Indonesia. Her three school age children all have varying degrees of autism. She has taught graduate level courses on bioethics, PTSD, family systems, inclusion of those with disabilities in the faith community, and autism.

Counseling
Women's concerns, premarital counseling, spiritual formation,leadership development, eating disorders, divorce/remarriage, sexuality, life transitions, parenting children with disabilities,clergy/ministry issues, acculturation for 1.5 and 2nd generation internationals, children's attachment issues and ADHD.

Education
M.A. Counseling Psychology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, M.A. Religion (practical theology) from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Elijah House Prayer Counseling (Inner Healing), Adolescent Issues & Behavioral Intervention for people with High Functioning Autism, B.A. Psychology and Youth Ministry from Trinity International University

Speaking Topics
  • Grief and Loss: Suffering as the Path to an Abundant Life

  • Personality Differences and the Joy of God's Creativity

  • Women and Sex: Relating, Renouncing & Rebuilding

  • Parenting the Challenging Child

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    If you would like to contact
    Jennifer McMains, please call
    (619) 298-8722 x121

    Mission Valley, Carlsbad & Rancho Bernardo