For the past 15 years, I’ve been holding space for clients through my thriving private therapy practice and by partnering with coaching industry leaders.
But, before all of that,
I was a child striving to be perfect.
Perfect homework, perfect grades, and a perfectly clean room. I beat myself up every time I fell short of being the smartest, the funniest, or the most talented.
By the time I finished high school, I was totally burned out on achievement.
So, in college - as a foreign language major studying French, Spanish, and Italian, dreaming of becoming an interpreter for the UN - I contorted all of that goal-chasing into a new mission: to be nice. The nicest, sweetest, most giving, generous person I could ever hope to be.
Then, when I was 21, the death of my dad
snapped life into sharp focus.
After graduating from college, I was working as an interpreter, getting to meet people from all over the world. I began to realize that what I really enjoyed was the diversity of people I got to help.
So, I pursued my Master’s degree in Psychology and then entered a clinical psychology doctoral program.
And then I ran smack into my lowest low.
My doctoral program was a boot camp of self-discovery, forcing me to look at all my own sh*t and work through it. Because how else could I help others work through theirs?
I began to realize that I had been leaving out a key part of myself and who I am.
My queer identity.
Growing up in theater and the arts, I had a lot of LGBTQ+ friends. I was in the Gender and Sexuality Alliance in college and an advocate for LGBTQ+ folx.
But even as an LGBTQ+ advocate, I had been out of touch with my own queerness.
I realized then that I was never going to be the “perfect,” CIS, straight, married-with-kids presentation of what a “woman” is that my whole life had taught me to be.
And all the perfectionism that had been part of my journey for as long as I could remember boiled to the surface. In a big, painful way.
I thought, ‘If I’m this f*cked up, how am I ever going to help other people?’
So, I got connected with a therapist and really WORKED ON my sh*t. DEEPLY. I confronted all of my fears, anxieties, and perceived inadequacies.
Then, I started my private practice as a therapist, and I discovered that everything I was so afraid made me an imposter ACTUALLY made me more empathetic, more understanding, and more able to hold space for what other people were going through.
Flash forward seven years later →
I decided to expand the scope of my work — because it’s easy for therapists to lose sight of the body and the bigger picture — and pursue my certification in holistic health coaching, and take my brick and mortar practice online.
AND I no longer had the same self-doubts my clients now often do because I had already worked through them.
If there’s one thing that drives my work, it’s this:
All of the best things in life are co-created. 👯
All of the insights that come up during sessions.
All of the healing I do with clients.
It’s all co-created.
I lead the process, but the client leads the work.
And we’re always going to create something richer and more aligned if we collaborate together in the process.
HERE’S THE THING: YOU KNOW WHAT’S BEST FOR YOU.
But sometimes you need a co-created space to uncover it.
That’s where I come in.
Whether we’re looking at your life or business, co-creation is my secret sauce for highly personalized, customized problem solving and support that fits you.
BECAUSE A GOOD COACH (OR THERAPIST) WON’T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO DO IT.
THEY’LL SUPPORT YOU IN FIGURING THAT OUT FOR YOURSELF.
(And if I told you exactly what to do or what choices to make, then what? Would you be tied to working with me forever? 😳)
WANT TO PARTNER UP?
LET’S CHAT.
Professional Bio
Jenna Teague is a Queer-Identifed Psychotherapist, Coach, and Professional Co-Creator. For almost 20 years, Jenna has been helping clients dream bigger and execute their big visions, from a thriving private therapy practice to partnering with coaching industry leaders to achieve their first six-figure launches.
A multitool for your life and business, Jenna holds a Master's degree in Psychology from Boston University, two years of additional training in Clinical Psychology from the Massachusetts School for Professional Psychology, a certification in Holistic Health Coaching from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and Professional Certified Coach (PCC) certification through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Jenna has also supported hundreds of coaches in filling their 1:1 coaching practices and launching membership sites, masterminds, and their first group coaching programs.
Jenna is giddiest when spending time at the ocean, playing with Reilly the Maltipoo, and geeking out on the thrill of collaborating to come up with the perfect program name or suite of offerings.
