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I help you tell your story more truly in light of the Gospel and find healing, beauty, hope, and freedom from the things that keep you stuck or weigh you down.

10/09/2025

“My spiritual DNA was shifted - with how I hold other’s stories and how I tell mine…thank you for this gift.” - Sara, Confessional Community participant

The next cohort of Confessional Community group therapy will begin in January - registration is now open! This is a safe, supportive space to explore deeper parts of your story leading to healthier relationships, growth, healing, freedom from old patterns, and spiritual formation.

When: 12-weekly sessions beginning Thursday January 8 from 7-9pm
Who: Open to adults 18+
Where: The Dwelling Place offices in Byron Center
Cost: $100/session

To register and get more information, visit our website www.thedwellingplacecw.com

08/08/2025

I am thrilled to announce that beginning this September, Kim will be at The Dwelling Place seeing clients during her internship!

Kim brings clinical and personal experience in a wide variety of spheres including parenting (she’s a mom of 5!), divorce, blended families, abuse, spirituality, and religious trauma.

To inquire about working with Kim, you can email or find more info at our website!

08/04/2025

A new group offering this fall -

Disorientation, confusion, devastation, and deep grief are common experiences women face when p**n, affairs, addictions, lying, and other forms of betrayal are discovered or disclosed. Led by myself and Haley Joseph, artist and betrayal trauma survivor, this group will combine traditional group therapeutic techniques and art as an expression of pain AND the beauty that is possible as we heal in community with others. If you are looking for a space to have your story held with gentleness and compassion, as well as a place to heal, this group may be for you. More info at our website; link in bio.

03/06/2025

I’m so excited to announce I am completing EMDR training and am so expectant for the work that will be available and done with my clients 🍃

Stay tuned - I will be talking about this more over the coming weeks!

02/13/2025

Registration is open for the next Confessional Community group therapy cohort!

🍃 This will be a 12-week group beginning June 4
🍃 The group will meet weekly on Wednesdays from 11:30am-1pm at The Dwelling Place office
🍃 Cost: $90/session

I’m very excited to run a summer group for the first time! I’ve heard from several teachers that have wanted to participate in group but haven’t been able to due to the timing. So, if you’re a teacher looking for some self-care, healing, connection, and growth, this is for you!

This is also for YOU, even if you aren’t a teacher 🫶🏼

More info and registration can be found at my website www.thedwellingplacecw.com

02/03/2025

Look at this amazing new group meeting space! 👀 😍 I cannot wait to bear witness to the beautiful work that will occur here!

The painting on the wall is titled “Through It All” - and I wonder, what emerges as you consider that?

If you’re interested in joining a confessional community or support group, reach out!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!! I am so excited to share that I have more space in the Confessional Community group starting January 15!

If you’re looking for greater connection, deeper healing, more self-compassion, or new rhythms in 2025 this group is for you. Find more info at my website ♥️

12/12/2024

Are you looking for a place to be seen and practice being more fully known? Are you desiring deeper healing for parts of you? Do you long for new tools for self awareness and emotional regulation?

This group is for you! Sign up deadline is 12/15.

Visit my website for all the info!

11/18/2024

How many therapists can fit in an elevator? We gave it a good try 🤣

I’m just back from DC kicking off the first ever Confessional Community Group Therapy training program for clinicians. It has been an absolute joy to work alongside this crew to make it happen! My heart and soul believe in this model!

I will be running a group through my practice beginning in January - space is limited! If you’re interested in joining or learning more, check out my website.

11/11/2024

Have you encountered the work of and felt curious about the Confessional Community model of group therapy?

I have had the privilege to work with Curt and the AMAZING team at New Story Behavioral health to lead intensives over the past few years and now, the new training program for clinicians!

I am excited to bring this model to Grand Rapids once again! For more information or to get registered, visit the link in my bio or reach out.

01/09/2024

Sitting in the quiet between sessions, I found myself present with the falling snow and God’s grace - smack dab in the path of oncoming beauty.

Confessional community kicks off at the end of this month and there are still spots available. In this space, you too can find yourself in the path of oncoming beauty. DM or email me for more information. I hope you’ll join us.

Confessional community is a 12 week group therapy option for anyone interested in eradicating shame, becoming their truest self, and finding healing at the intersection of spiritual formation and interpersonal neurobiology.

12/29/2023

I have had the opportunity over the past two years to train with and work for Dr. Curt Thompson and the team in Washington DC. My work with them has been in leading Confessional Communities in the therapeutic setting, most recently leading an intensive in DC as part of their practice.

Confessional Communities are group therapy and I find this type of therapeutic work advantageous to individual therapy for most people. What makes these groups different from others is they are not support groups and they are not topical groups (say, for depression), they are process groups which focus on the principles of interpersonal neurobiology and Christian spiritual formation. In these groups you will find healing as you learn to tell your story more truly and learn to be fully seen and known in community. To learn more about Dr. Thompson, his practice, and Confessional Communities you can visit https://www.newstorybehavioralhealth.com/ or listen to season 7 of this podcast: https://www.beingknownpodcast.com/

I plan to offer the first group beginning in January and here are the details:

Time: 12 week group meeting on Monday evenings beginning January 29th from 7-9pm
Cost: $900 ($75/session, a savings of $45/session compared to individual work)
Location: The Dwelling Place office in Byron Center

To learn more or sign up, simply email annejansencounseling@gmail.com Additionally, if there are others you know of that may be interested, feel free to pass this along.

I'm excited for what's to come!

Address

8650 Byron Center Avenue, Suite U1
Byron Center, MI
49315

Telephone

+16162873773

Website

http://Www.thedwellingplacecw.com/

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