Jolene Salisbury Blackburn

Jolene is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor with a master's from The University of Phoenix. She brings a wealth of experience to her practice, focusing on emotional healing, self-awareness, and long-term personal growth. Jolene has been facilitating psychotherapy for over 15 years in a warm, supportive environment where clients feel heard, seen and valued to build trust, aiming to build a strong therapeutic alliance. Jolene’s clinical treatment interventions come from an integration of psycho-dynamic depth psychology, human developmental, object relations and attachment, family systems, interpersonal relationships, trauma-focused and cognitive behavioral mindfulness techniques, and EMDR. Jolene works with individuals, children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Jolene’s Areas of Specialty:

• Mood Disorders (Including Depression and Bipolar 1 and 11)

• Anxiety Disorders (Including OCD and PTSD)

• Adjustment Disorders and Life Transitions

• Trauma Focused (Including Lifespan, Complex, DV, Religious)

• Eating Disorders

• Grief and Loss

• Substance Use and Recovery

• Relationship Issues & Codependency: Breaking old patterns, improving communication, and fostering healthy boundaries.
• Mood Disorders: Focus on decreasing low-motivation and self-esteem, self-criticism, and mood dysregulation.
• Anxiety & Stress Management: Equipping clients with effective tools to handle overwhelm, worry, and persistent rumination.
• Inner Child & Attachment Work: Healing past trauma and understanding how early experiences shape current emotions and relationships.
• Teen & Family Support: Enhancing communication, emotional regulation, and coping strategies.

Jolene’s therapeutic approach to therapy is tailored to your unique needs where you’ll have the opportunity to express and share who you are and what you hope to achieve in therapy. Collaborating together with a deep commitment to helping you heal and grow, and a strong belief in the power of authentic connection through a compassionate, non-judgmental, and empathetic environment with curiosity that allows you to feel comfortable sharing and being vulnerable, empowered and secure.

The first session will be a get-to-know you meeting focused on assessing your needs and building rapport. Though the idea of sharing your private thoughts and feelings with a stranger can seem scary or strange at first, talking to a therapist about your past, present, and future-about the things that make you feel sad, depressed, anxious, angry, or ashamed-can be a major relief. Therapy allows you to focus on yourself without having to worry about what someone else might think of you.