A multi-site pastoral counseling service dedicated to healing and enriching family, individual and community life in northern New Jersey through quality psychotherapy, and various programs fostering spirituality, creativity, healthy relationships, and improved daily functioning.

Gretchen White Janssen, D. Min.

http://www.creativelivingresource.org/staff/gretchen-white-janssen-d-min/

Executive Director

photo of Gretchen White Janssen, D. Min.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Counselor, Dr. Janssen works with:

  • Couples working to improve their relationship through developing their communication skills and deeper understanding of themselves and each other. Dr. Janssen is a certified IMAGO therapist.
  • Individuals seeking a greater sense of fulfillment in their lives; with persons experiencing depression and anxiety seeking to develop increased self esteem and ways of managing their lives more effectively; and with individuals recovering from abusive backgrounds.
  • Family-owned and other businesses as a human systems consultant to assess and improve effectiveness of interpersonal functioning.

She has often been invited to present workshops on a variety of topics such as:

  • Anger and Conflict Management
  • Enriching Your Marriage Through Better Communication
  • How to Talk so Your Kids Will Listen; How to Listen so Your Kids Will Talk
  • When Your Family is Transferred, How to Thrive in a New Location
  • Living and Dealing With Major Transitions
  • Depression, Gateway to the Soul
  • Understanding Your Dreams
  • Mid-life Transitions

Dr. Janssen is a Fellow in The American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a Clinical Member of The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and The Imago Relationship Therapy Institute.

Her Doctor of Ministry degree is from Andover Newton Theological School. She holds certificates in pastoral psychotherapy and marriage and family therapy from Blanton Peale Graduate Institute and her Masters of Divinity degree is from Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Contact Gretchen Janssen or call 201-327-2424, ext. 256.