Jana Wesson-Martin

Jana Wesson-Martin, PhD, LPC

I am a native Texan and a lifelong learner. After earning an M.A. in English and a PhD in Higher Education studies, I spent years in higher education as a professor of composition and literature. It was during my college teaching career where I began researching student success and became very intrigued with mental wellness. I opted to gain a second master’s degree in Clinical Counseling/Marriage & Family, and fell in love with the therapy and theory, but especially with helping others to live out their best lives.

I emphasize the necessity of creating trust in the therapist/client relationship. Research suggests that it is trust in the relationship that actually weighs heaviest in the success of the counsel. I often implement narrative therapy into my sessions. No doubt stories teach, and we can focus on understanding our stories as a means of helping us put untold aspects of the past into the life narrative, emotionally entering and re-authoring our own stories to construct new meanings that emerge during therapy.

Beginning with narrative therapy offers a background of your story. It is important that you are able to articulate what brings you to therapy and what kind of goals you have. Therapy should be individualized to suit your needs, and it is a process where we work together to find an integrative therapy that best suits you.

“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” – Sue Monk Kidd

I also have expertise in existentialist theory, where anxiety is studied as a road map towards a fuller life. Rath
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Jana Wesson-Martin, PhD, LPC

I am a native Texan and a lifelong learner. After earning an M.A. in English and a PhD in Higher Education studies, I spent years in higher education as a professor of composition and literature. It was during my college teaching career where I began researching student success and became very intrigued with mental wellness. I opted to gain a second master’s degree in Clinical Counseling/Marriage & Family, and fell in love with the therapy and theory, but especially with helping others to live out their best lives.

I emphasize the necessity of creating trust in the therapist/client relationship. Research suggests that it is trust in the relationship that actually weighs heaviest in the success of the counsel. I often implement narrative therapy into my sessions. No doubt stories teach, and we can focus on understanding our stories as a means of helping us put untold aspects of the past into the life narrative, emotionally entering and re-authoring our own stories to construct new meanings that emerge during therapy.

Beginning with narrative therapy offers a background of your story. It is important that you are able to articulate what brings you to therapy and what kind of goals you have. Therapy should be individualized to suit your needs, and it is a process where we work together to find an integrative therapy that best suits you.

“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” – Sue Monk Kidd

I also have expertise in existentialist theory, where anxiety is studied as a road map towards a fuller life. Rath