Jennifer

Dr Jennifer Burruel

Licensed Professional Counselor

I specialize in helping high achievers accomplish personal and professional goals while living healthy, meaningful, and fulfilling lives.

About Me

I understand the unique pressures high achievers face. My aim is to partner with you, helping you navigate ambitious goals. We can cultivate a healthy, meaningful, and fulfilling life together. We explore practical strategies, ensuring your drive leads to sustainable success, not burnout. I create a space to align professional achievements with personal well-being, helping you truly thrive.

Approach

To translate drive into sustainable change, I use focused, practical sessions that pair structured skill-building with space to reflect on values and limits. In English, whether in my Phoenix office or through secure online sessions, we track patterns, try short experiments between meetings, and use targeted interventions when past experiences block present performance. Sessions move at an intentional pace—clear agendas, measurable steps, and collaborative check-ins—so you leave with tools to manage stress and make choices that support both career momentum and personal wellbeing. This approach fits motivated adults and older adolescents ready for steady progress.
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Basic Information

Services


Services Offered:

  • Psych & Diagnostic Assessment

    Formal psychological testing to identify conditions, understand cognitive and emotional functioning, and guide treatment planning.

  • Clinical Supervision

    Professional oversight and reflective practice for clinical practitioners, ensuring quality of care and supporting ongoing development.

  • Counseling

    A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.

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  • Psychotherapy

    In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.

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  • CBT

    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that identifies and changes unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.

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  • EMDR

    Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a therapy that uses guided eye movements to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories.

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  • Individual Therapy

    One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.

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  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

Works With:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults

Area of Expertise


Scope of Practice:

  • Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

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  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Career Issues

    Work-related difficulties such as chronic dissatisfaction, conflict, burnout, uncertainty about direction, or the stress of career change.

  • Control Issues

    A persistent need to control situations, people, or outcomes, typically driven by underlying anxiety, fear of uncertainty, or past experiences of helplessness.

  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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  • Stress / Burnout

    The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).

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  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • Performance

    The psychological factors (confidence, focus, pressure management) that influence how well a person performs in sport, academics, the arts, or work.

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  • Young Adult Issues

    The unique psychological challenges of emerging adulthood (18–25), including identity formation, independence, relationship navigation, and finding direction.

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Professional Title:

  • Licensed Professional Counselor

    A counselor licensed to provide professional mental health services including assessment and therapy.

Qualifications


Arizona State University

Arizona State University

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners

Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners

Registrations


Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners

Service Area


Achieve Counseling & Wellness

In-person & Online

Phoenix, Arizona

United States