Private Pay Body-Centered Psychotherapy in Central Vermont

Compassionate, grounded therapy for anxiety, stress, life transitions, and the patterns that keep showing up in your body, relationships, and daily life.

Work with Jennifer Degen, a rostered psychotherapist integrating somatic therapy, mindfulness, nervous system awareness, and 35 years of clinical experience. Insurance not billed directly.

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Rostered Psychotherapist | Somatic Therapy | Mindfulness-Based Support | In-Person/Local Care | Virtual Sessions Available

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You may look like you’re functioning on the outside…

…but inside you feel tense, overwhelmed, disconnected, or tired of carrying the same patterns.

Therapy with Jen offers a steady place to slow down, listen more deeply, and understand what your nervous system has been trying to protect. Together, you’ll work with the mind and body so change can feel more integrated, not just intellectually understood.

What People Come For

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Anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm

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Burnout and nervous system dysregulation

Self-worth, boundaries, and self-trust

Life transitions and relationship patterns

A more compassionate relationship with yourself

Feeling stuck despite insight or previous work

How This Work Helps

This is therapy for people who want more than analysis alone. Sessions may include conversation, somatic awareness, nervous system education, mindfulness, breath, and practical reflection.

The goal is to help you feel safer in yourself, clearer about your patterns, and more able to respond to life rather than react from old survival strategies.

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What My Clients Are Saying

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“Jen Degen is a very compassionate and effective therapist... Jen utilizes the somatic approach, emphasizing the body-mind connection.”

— Ray Doherty

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“Since beginning work with Jen I’ve felt really cared for, supported, and encouraged to grow into the best version of myself.”

— Dave Lowther

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“Jennifer’s ability to create a safe space to lean into your physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental body is the reason I keep coming back.”

— Victoria Hovick

Ready for support that includes both your mind and body?

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A Body-Based Path to Emotional Resilience

35+ years helping people transform deep emotional patterns

Somatic Awareness

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Nervous-System Regulation

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RTT-Informed Subconscious Work

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Trauma-Informed Coaching

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Mindfulness and Embodiment

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Root-Cause Pattern Work

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Practical Integration Between Sessions

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Why Jennifer?

Jennifer Degen, MASomatic and Resilience Coach
Rapid Transformational Therapy Practitioner
Mindfulness Instructor
35+ years of experience
3,000+ clients guided through emotional reset, burnout recovery, and nervous-system realignment

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Jennifer Degen brings together psychotherapy, somatic practice, mindfulness, yoga, and nervous system-informed care. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and practical, supporting clients in building steadiness, self-understanding, and meaningful change over time.