Jennifer Helsel-Battle, MA, LPC

09/29/2025

10/13/2024

I am a Licensed Counselor accepting new clients in Big Rapids, MI. I have 25 years of experience working with children, couples, adolescents, and adults. I am trained in CBT, DBT, and EMDR and have experience working with anxiety, depression, and trauma. If you or someone you know is looking for an experienced and dedicated counselor please contact me to get scheduled for a session.

07/02/2024

Perspective is powerful! It may feel like the end of the world but you are strong and you will get through it and in a couple days, months, years you will laugh about it or have forgotten it.

07/01/2024

Help kids navigate their emotions-

06/30/2024

Self-care is not always about doing something pleasant, it’s about taking care of yourself. Start by doing something little, do something you enjoy, be kind to yourself.

06/29/2024

New Podcast Episode Alert!

🎙️ Episode 483: Attachment, Emotions, & Bonding

Join Dr. Sue Johnson on the Mindful Mama Mentor Podcast as she dives into the million-dollar question: How do we cultivate and strengthen love—with our child or our partner?

Dr. Sue Johnson, the innovator behind Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), shares her insights on:

💔 Why marriages fail
🗣️ How to effectively communicate with your child
👶 How to provide your child with a secure attachment
📖 And even a personal story of Sue "losing it" with her son!

Don't miss this enlightening conversation!

https://loom.ly/BBVtLOA

06/29/2024

Our growth and transformation requires us to be able to look at ourselves and our stories with both gentleness AND accountability. It requires us to see our humanness with loving awareness AND take ownership, accountability, and responsibility as we lean into the work of uncovering more.
It can be a challenge to hold onto the story that we are indeed lovable when we find evidence that suggests otherwise. Whether that evidence was created by another or whether it was a self creation, it can be incredibly confronting to hold our worth and lovability in high regard as we do the work to see the parts of ourselves we are at odds with.
And yet even though it’s hard work, it’s all of our work. It is our responsibility to be loving and kind with ourselves and others as well as hold ourselves and others accountable and responsible for the parts that can cause chaos, ruptures, or dysfunction. What is one sentence that honors kindness and accountability for you? What is one sentence you can say to yourself below that gives grace while also holding yourself accountable?