Jenny Sederholm, LCSW

Jenny Sederholm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Santa Rosa, California, with 17 years of experience. She helps adults struggling with anxiety, depression, body image and disordered eating, addiction, relationship issues, and parenting challenges — and works just as often with people who have no big crisis, but feel like something's missing or that life could be more meaningful.

Her care is non-pathologizing and relatable. Problem behaviors, intrusive thoughts, and strong emotions are understood as protective parts of you — each one developed to help you cope, survive, or feel safe. The work isn't about "fixing"; it's about connecting with these parts with curiosity and compassion, so greater self-awareness, self-compassion, and real choice open up.

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What moves me most about this work is witnessing people engage with the quiet courage it takes to step into the unknown — to risk new ways of being, to uncover hidden strength.

— Jenny

In your first session

Following brief introductions, you'll talk about what brought you to therapy — in a nonjudgmental, open space. Sharing your experience out loud can be incredibly healing on its own: sometimes simply naming it lets you see it from a new angle, and your story gently shifts the way it lives inside you. In time, you'll tailor a supportive plan together to move toward what you want for yourself.

How Jenny works

Jenny is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and lives by its core balance of acceptance and change. She blends DBT with Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and somatic healing — trauma-informed, strengths-based care in a warm, judgment-free space. She also brings a family systems perspective, involving parents and caregivers when it helps the healing process.

Clients consistently describe her warmth, genuine care, and the way she really listens and shows up. For Jenny, it's a privilege to walk alongside people as they make meaningful changes in their lives.