short term grief, trauma and perinatal mental health therapy in Gig Harbor, Washington
focused, intentional work when you need help now—not indefinitely
when weekly therapy feels too slow, too open-ended or too hard to commit to…
That’s where my practice comes in.
I specialize in supporting women in the messiest of seasons, taking a focused, short-term approach to helping you find your footing in this moment… not months from now.
Women in my practice see me for:
Grief of all kinds.
Pregnancy, infant and child loss
Death of a parent
Sibling loss
Grief that other people just don’t seem to understand
Postpartum and the motherhood journey.
Postpartum mood changes like anxiety, depression, rage.
Identity in motherhood. Who am I now that I’m also a mom?
Parenting tools and support. Where was the instruction manual for this parenting thing?
Messy middle moments.
Navigating this messy season with values-based intention
Relationship changes, major life decisions, becoming who you want to be in this season
There is a way forward… and it doesn’t have to look like white-knuckling your way through or hanging on until your next weekly therapy appointment.
Let’s talk. Schedule a free consultation to get started.
Jen Reisinger, MA, LMHC, PMH-C
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Washington State)
Perinatal Mental Health Certification
EMDR Trained Therapist
short term therapy intensives
My practice only offers short-term therapy intensives. Emotionally complex circumstances require depth and won’t “resolve” in a 50-minute chunk of time. Through a focused therapy intensive, we take a depth-based approach so you can leave my office feeling seen, holding a sense of clarity and a purposeful plan for navigating this season.
Core Approach
While each client and I collaborate to shape the specific focus of our work, these intensives are grounded in a few core approaches that prioritize depth, safety, and clarity.
In all models, you have space to share the realities of what you’re carrying right now, no matter how heavy, without pressure to have it neatly organized or resolved.
Therapy intensives are scheduled for 90 minutes, 3 hours, or 6 hours, and are designed to offer focused, intentional support around grief, motherhood and perinatal mental health concerns. This is not simply “longer therapy,” but structured, trauma-informed work that allows us to move thoughtfully into what matters most and create space for integration before closing.
Our time together is paced with care. Longer intensives include built-in breaks, attention to nervous system regulation, and flexibility to meet you where you are emotionally on that day.
My approach is grounded in grief-informed and perinatal mental health–specific care, with attention to trauma, attachment, and the body. The goal is not to fix or rush your experience, but to help you make sense of it, feel less alone in it, and leave with greater steadiness, clarity, and direction.
Each intensive is designed to feel contained and complete, with guidance for next steps and support for integration afterward—without the expectation of ongoing weekly therapy.
Therapy intensives offer:
Depth without dragging it out
Less emotional whiplash between sessions
Faster stabilization + clarity
No pressure to “stay in therapy”
alignment. healing. connection.
“For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it.”
Amanda Gorman; The Hill We Climb