Serving Clients in Iowa and North Carolina Your Iowa City Psychotherapist
Free 15-minute consultation | $185 sessions | in person or telehealthI help adults heal pain they have carried for years.
For many of my clients, the pain started early in life, when you should have felt safe and loved, but didn’t. This can result in strong negative feelings. An example of this is the feeling of not being enough, and that feeling can last for years.
My main method is EMDR. It helps your brain finish processing an old memory, so it stops landing like it is happening now. I also teach DBT skills, and I use two more methods you can read about below.
We can meet at my office in Iowa City. We can also meet by telehealth, anywhere in Iowa and North Carolina.
I work with adults. I do not see couples, teens or kids.
Tyler J. Jensen, LMHC, LCMHC
Licensed in Iowa and North Carolina.
01 / recognitionYou don’t have to go through this alone
Asking for help is often the hardest part of the therapy process, and you are close to doing it. I am glad you are here.
I know what it is like to carry emotional pain while you tell everyone you’re “fine.” Maybe you tried therapy before and it did not help. You are welcome here too.
Maybe today is the day you reach out, or maybe you are only stopping by. There is room for you either way.
The work ahead takes intense effort, and your life is worth that effort. I will be here when you are ready.
To recognize ourselves in a struggling state is acceptance that it's real, and also, that it can change...
02 / where to startLet’s narrow down what you may be experiencing
If any of the below sections sound like the week, month, or year you have been having, open its page to read more. I work with every one of these concerns in my practice.
Trauma, and what it comes with
A single event you cannot shake, or years of harm that felt normal at the time. Shock trauma comes from one event. Developmental trauma builds up over years, often starting in childhood. Both are welcome here.
Anxiety and panic
Your body reacts before you know why, A racing heart, a tight chest, a mind that jumps to the worst outcome. You freeze up, and you replay small moments for hours after they happen.
Mood
Your moods stop feeling predictable. One moment you are happy, the next you are pissed off. Or nothing feels good anymore, and it seems as if no one around you cares.
Personality and Obsessions
What you see in the mirror, how you feel about the people close to you, and what you know to be true stop lining up. You can know a fact about yourself and still feel the opposite so strongly that the fact gives way.
Executive functioning and performance
The term covers how you start a task, stay with it, and switch to the next one. When it runs poorly, your effort and your results stop matching. The gap is what wears you down. You may have been told you are smart but lazy, or that you must not want it enough. Or you do well in practice, and lose it in the game.
Not sure any of these fit? Ask me on a free consultation. Working out where you fit is exactly what the fifteen minutes are for.
03 / who you would be working withTyler J. Jensen, LMHC, LCMHC
I have been a licensed therapist for seven years, in Iowa and North Carolina. My work is trauma-informed. The term means I treat your symptoms as skills you built to get through life’s most difficult moments, rather than as faults. I will not ask you to walk me through all of what happened before you are ready.
I am trained in EMDR, DBT, Ego-State Therapy, and NARM. I also work with adults who have ADHD, and I hold the ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) credential.
7 Years
Trauma-informed practice
5.0
on Google
100+
Clients supported
04 / How I WorkFour approaches, matched to what you bring
For memories that still hit as though they happened last week, whether from a single shock or from years of it. A trauma treatment with decades of research behind it.
Practical skills for handling strong emotions, riding out a crisis without making it worse, and keeping your relationships steadier.
For the parts of you that pull in opposite directions, and for the moments you feel detached from your body or your surroundings, which is called dissociation.
For the patterns you built early to get through childhood, which still shape how you connect with the people closest to you.
05 / The logisticsWhat it costs and how long it takes
I do not bill insurance, so you and I decide how your care goes. No insurance company sets a limit on the sessions you get.
You can still ask your insurer to pay you back. I will give you a superbill, which is an itemized receipt you send to them yourself.
You can also ask for a Good Faith Estimate before we start, and the No Surprises Act gives you the right to one. It lists what your care is likely to cost.
How long therapy takes is different for every client. One clear goal may take a handful of sessions, and patterns you have carried since childhood can take longer. I will give you my thoughts after the first few sessions, rather than a firm number on day one.
FreeFree Consultation
A relaxed, 15-minute talk about what you need and whether we fit. By phone, by video, or in person.
$185Therapy Sessions
Weekly 53-minute sessions shaped around your needs, in Iowa City or by telehealth in Iowa and North Carolina.
From $275 an HourPrivate Practice Consulting
For therapists at any stage, from opening a practice to running an established one.
06 / The First StepStart with a free 15-minute consultation
By phone, by video or in person. You say what has been going on, I tell you how I work. We both get a sense of whether we fit.
or call (319) 541-3232
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