Jenny Howe Consulting

19/11/2025

I am so excited to introduce you to Sarah, a new associate therapist we are just thrilled to have join us. Sarah, like Lauren, practices strictly virtually and joins us from Oahu!

Sarah is so motivated, self driven and kind. She is directly supervised by me and very passionate about learning and treating OCD, Anxiety and Trauma.

With Ash, Lauren and I offering waitlist availability we are IN NEED of a wonderful option for clients who need care more quickly. As Sarah fills her schedule, I will be offering sessions for a reduced rate. Once she is full, this rate will shift to our regular rates. Sarah also accepts SelectHealth Insurance and is working towards Medicaid credentialing.

Please reach out to us with any questions! We are so grateful to Sarah and so dang happy to share her with you. Info for booking in bio!

18/11/2025

My partner joked the other day that he’s never heard the word “bandwidth” used so much.
I was like, “look if I had bandwidth I probably wouldn’t be feeling like I needed to say it so much!!”
Bandwidth.
I don’t have a lot of it lately.

I’ve been a little off the grid - Deak’s had a couple of tough months (illness and oral surgery) and is finally just getting back to his little happy self. As I know any parent knows, when our kids are struggling - they take all the emotional reserve.

I’ve had to really work to spend any of that energy on me. I play in pickleball leagues, I work out, I make bread - all of that is fuel for my soul. However, the bandwidth elasticity just kept snapping back at me.

So maybe it’s the season? Or the stage of life? Or just maybe it’s life. Idk. But I’m feeling like I’m learning all over again how to care for myself, my work (which I deeply deeply love) and my people.

That all to say - I’m in this thing with you. I’m working in listening to my body - even when that means it needs rest and a little reality TV.

Monitoring bandwidth is a good thing.

We have an exciting new addition to our team that I’m thrilled to share with you in the next day or so. We are often so full and this woman is the perfect addition at the perfect time.

12/08/2025

Outsourcing our decision making can look like -

*asking a friend before you can send a text
*searching scripture for the “perfect” answer
*waiting for approval from your partner before purchasing the dress you love

There is a fine line between support and dependency. The best way to understand what we want is to make small decisions on our own. This teaches our brain that we can rely on ourselves even if our choices don’t work out the way we’d hoped which leads to self trust.

How do we learn who we are and what we want if something outside of us directs our autonomy?

06/08/2025

Intimacy and safety only exist when honesty is present.

And for some reason we exempt the relationship with our kids sometimes saying things like…

They aren’t old enough.
It will worry them.
They can’t handle it.

Sure, development helps guide us to appropriate explanations and disclosure - but it should not exempt us from telling the truth.

Did you have a bad day?
Tell them.
Are you feeling sad because you’re grieving?
Tell them.
Are you needing support and feeling underwater?
Tell them.

Holding our feelings inside and masking happiness makes everyone feel unsettled.

We can handle the truth.
So can the kids.

05/08/2025

(Reposted from my personal account)

I had a conversation this week about expectations when a child has different abilities. Although it was a professional conversation I teared up because it still hurts.
It always hurts.

Several years ago someone gently and directly told me that Deakon needed his own life (apart from me). Which was pretty ironic considering what I’ve made a living doing.

They were right.

Deak has such a rich and fulfilling life - and it’s his own.

Isn’t that powerful?
Someone as dependent as Deak can still be himself.

These photos are just from this last week of his time at his day program - just one week. I’m flooded with photos daily.

He is so happy - which makes me happy.

And I feel brave every day I put him out into the world. Still.

Also yeah his hair is out of control right now. July has been nuts.

29/07/2025

Enmeshment, by definition, is a lack of boundaries and fused emotional responses inside of a relationship - often the parent/child relationship.

Over-response to another’s emotional state can lead to insecurity in attachment, a lack of self identity and an over identification with the parent/family/partner’s identity.

Empathy is recognizing and offering compassion for another’s emotional experience - not living it with them or fixing it for them.

In a world of shared locations, story uploads, ring cameras and cell phones in elementary school - it’s become incredibly difficult to know the line between safety and healthy separation.

Yet the only way we learn to securely trust in a relationship is through differentiation (leaving and returning).

How can you reflect and create room for trust in your relationships?

01/07/2025

You can find yourself…
and still doubt what you see.
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Therapy can help you not only uncover who you are—but also trust that truth.
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📍 Now accepting new clients in Utah
🧠 Children | Young Adults | Families
📩 Book a session through the link in bio
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28/06/2025

I had an experience this week that really confirmed the intention I’ve had behind the scenes in this practice since inception (7 years!!!!)

I was (am) determined to provide really considerate and specialized care and create a team of professionals who I would trust with my family and sincerely want to hang out with.

This is a business, yes. However, I’ve never grown with any intention other than to provide more people an opportunity to receive the kind of mental health care we all deserve.

You and your loved ones deserve more consideration than a practice where the owner has little to no interaction and consultation.

You and your loved ones deserve individualized treatment plans with therapists that see you as a whole person and not just a diagnosis.

We sincerely care.

We have clinicians who provide cash pay services, some insurance plans and most Medicaid plans.

We will treat you with the compassion you deserve.

Please share with those who matter to you ❤️

27/06/2025

We’re taught to move on fast.
But emotions don’t disappear when ignored—they wait.

Sitting with your feelings isn’t weakness.
It’s how healing begins.

Therapy can help you feel what’s real—safely and gently.

📲 | 📍 Davis County, UT

17/06/2025

04/06/2025

We all want to help others feel better—but sometimes, phrases like “just stay positive” or “it could be worse” can shut down real emotional expression.

🌱 Toxic positivity dismisses pain in favor of forced optimism—and it can leave people feeling unseen or ashamed for struggling.

✅ Real support sounds like:
– “That sounds really hard—want to talk about it?”
– “I’m here with you, no matter what.”

Let’s make space for both hope and honesty.

🔁 Save this as a reminder
💬 Share if you’ve ever felt dismissed by “positive vibes only”