EDUCATION

• Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy, May 2016; Pepperdine University, Los Angeles CA

• Graduate Studies in Somatic Psychology with an Emphasis in Body Psychology and Dance Movement Therapy, August 2011 – March 2012; Naropa University, Boulder CO

• Bachelor of Arts in Communication, June 2002; University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA

• Associate of Arts in Speech Communication and Rhetoric, June 2001; Cañada College, Redwood City CA

CERTIFICATIONS

• PACT Therapist, Level 3, April 2023; Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy Institute, Los Angeles, CA

• Integrative Body Psychotherapy Practitioner, Advanced, May 2016; Institute of Integrative Body Psychotherapy, Venice CA

• The Gottman Method, Level 3, October 2023, Seattle, WA

• Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Certified Advanced I, January 2019; Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, Boulder CO

• S.A.F.E. EMDR Practitioner, Certified Basic Training, March 2020; Personal Transformation Institute, Dallas, TX

• Post-Induction Therapist, Certified Level 1, October 2019, Meadows Behavioral Health with Pia Mellody, Wickenburg, AZ

• Certificate of Completion, Kathleen Grant Heritage Program with Cara Reeser, January 2017; Pilates Institute of Southern California, Manhattan Beach CA

• Recognition of Completion, The Work with Jay Grimes, November 2016; Vintage Pilates, Los Angeles CA

• Certified Classical Pilates Instructor, November 2010; Pilates Institute of Southern California, Manhattan Beach CA

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

• American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Fellow, Member (2020-Present)

• Psi Chi International Honor Society, Member 2016 (Lifetime)

• California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), Member (2011 - Present)

• United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, Member (08/11 -Present)

• American Dance Therapy Association, Student Member (08/11 – Present)

 CLINICAL WORK EXPERIENCE

• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, The Couples Center (11/20 - Present)

  • Senior Therapist - Couples

• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Jessica Hansen Therapy (7/18 - Present)

  • Specialize in Somatic Psychotherapy modalities for People, Partners, Parents, Professionals, Athletes, Artists, and Soldiers

  • Individuals, Couples, Children, Parenting, Family, Trauma, Addiction, Codependence, Career, Spirituality

• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Meadows Outpatient Center (8/19 - 10/20)

  • Case Management

  • Group Facilitator

  • Therapist - Individuals, Couples, Families

  • Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

• Registered Associate Marriage & Family Therapist #95910, Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor #3437, Supervised by Dr. Michael Collins PSY #20415, (6/17 - 1/19)

  • Psychotherapy: Couples, Individual, Parenting, Family, Somatic/Body, Trauma, Addiction

• Registered Associate - Marriage & Family Therapist & Professional Clinical Counselor, Well Baby Center (9/17 - 9/18)

  • Mindful Parenting Group Co-Facilitator

  • Becoming Social Group Co-Facilitator

  • Psychotherapy: Parent-Child, Prenatal, Perinatal, Individual, Couples, Family

• Marriage & Family Therapy & Professional Clinical Counselor Intern, Bel Air Treatment Center (1/17 - 10/17)

  • Group Facilitator; facilitated 300+ groups

  • BioPsychSocial Intakes

• Marriage & Family Therapy & Professional Clinical Counselor Intern, Per Diem, Del Amo Psychiatric Hospital (2017)

  • Social Work

  • Intakes

  • Family Sessions

  • Group Facilitator: Children, High-Acuity Adults

• Marriage & Family Therapy & Professional Clinical Counselor Intern, Airport Marina Counseling Service (2/15 – 7/17)

  • Long-Term Individual Psychotherapy (2/15 - 7/17)

  • Crisis Intervention Track - (Completed 2015)

  • Initial Consultation Track - (Completed 2015)

  • Boys & Girls Club Venice Beach - (2015 - 2016 School Year)

  • Couples Track - (Completed 2017)

CORPORATE WORK EXPERIENCE

• Digital Sales Consultant, MindBodyGreen, LLC (2014)

• Corporate Digital Sales Director, Rodale Inc. (2013)

• Account Director, PopSugar Inc. (2012)

• Senior Account Director, MySpace (2011)

• Regional Sales Manager, CBS Interactive; Sports, News, Entertainment, Music (2003-2010)

• Sales Coordinator, Forbes.com (2002-2003)

• Intern, Live 105: Department of Advertising and Promotions (2003-2005)

PILATES WORK EXPERIENCE

• Pilates Practitioner, Jessica Hansen Pilates (9/13 – Present)

• Pilates Instructor, Pilatesology (2015-2017)

• Pilates Instructor, Pilates Institute of Southern California (2010-2019)

Jessica Hansen is a native of Silicon Valley and began her career in the field of communication and advertising. She received a BA in Communication from University of California, San Diego and spent the first 10 years of her career working in advertising sales and management for Fortune 500 companies including Forbes, CBS, Fox, Rodale, Myspace, PopSugar, MindBodyGreen and her own digital endeavor, Embodied. Jessica is knowledgable regarding issues pertaining to performance anxiety, career transitions, career development, job-related stress and burnout.

Jessica is a mover at heart and after spending 10 years in the corporate world, made the life altering decision to return home, to her BODY. She has spent the past 10 years dedicated to the field of mind/body integration. Jessica has a Masters in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles CA, and studied Somatic (Body) Psychology & Dance/Movement Therapy at Naropa University in Boulder, CO.

Jessica is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the States of California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, and Texas. She specializes in cutting-edge psychobiological and somatic psychotherapeutic modalities that cultivate coherence, integration, wellbeing and vitality in people, partners, parents, performers, professionals, soldiers and veterans. Jessica holds an advanced certification in Somatic Experiencing; a psychobiological approach to renegotiating trauma in the nervous system and an advanced certification in Integrative Body Psychotherapy; an efficiency model promoting mind/body/transpersonal integration and authenticity for individuals. She is currently training in PACT, which is Dr. Stan Tatkin’s Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy and is a PACT Level 3 Candidate. Jessica has training in Mindful Parenting; an evidenced-based psychotherapeutic modality that teaches the life-changing skill of mentalizing and reflective function for parents and children. Jessica is also a S.A.F.E EMDR (Somatic Attachment Focused Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Practitioner, which is a psychotherapeutic protocol that supports people to re-process their trauma and live a more balanced life.

Jessica enjoys taking and teaching Pilates and over the last 10 years has become a Master Level Classical Pilates Practitioner. She has trained with the world renowned Jay Grimes, who is the last man alive who personally worked with and for Mr. Joseph Pilates and has learned Pilates in its most authentic form. Her training in Pilates affords her a well-trained eye and an enhanced ability to attune to her client’s and notice somatic and affective state-shifts that support a comprehensive verbal and non-verbal understanding of her Client’s embodied process.

Jessica is a lover of the ocean and adores her dog Integrity aka “Teggy”. Most importantly, Jessica is absolutely obsessed with what she does and LOVES every minute of working with people who cross her path. She considers her work a spiritual endeavor and perceives her time with you as a sacred encounter that she does not take for granted.