Meet Jordan
Pronouns: they/she
Hello and welcome!
I’m a white, queer, and non-binary/agender Kansas City-based therapist applying trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practice approaches in my work with clients in Arizona, Kansas, and Missouri.
I have been intrigued by internal experience my whole life. Whether I was trying to understand animal behavior as a kid, or later in life when I studied political decision-making and philosophy, the subjective experience of everything from relationships to nature to spiritual experience has always been my area of interest.
Over time, I learned that tuning in to patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior can be a superpower, helping us catalyze insights into action that can change our lives.
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2017 Master of Arts in Social Work - University of Chicago
2009 Master of Arts in Teaching - University of Chicago
2007 Master of Arts in Religion - University of Chicago
2004 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Political Science - SUNY at Buffalo
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Prior to becoming a therapist, I taught kindergarten and 1st grade for six years in Chicago. As an educator, I emphasized developmentally appropriate instruction, inquiry-based experiential learning, content integration, and a collaborative, safe, and positive classroom environment. I have conducted action research on integrating play with Common Core State Standards, supervised student teachers early in their careers, and served in multiple school leadership capacities.
In 2017 I completed my social work degree in Chicago and relocated to Phoenix, where I entered the community mental health field and worked primarily with children and families in from 2017-2020, focusing on transgender affirming therapy, trauma treatment, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). At that time, I was a founding clinical team member of a fully-adherent DBT program for adolescents. During the pandemic, I transitioned into the private practice setting and eventually opened my own practice, Three Mountains Therapy LLC.
I now primarily work from an Internal Family Systems (IFS) perspective, integrating queer, trans, and neurodivergent affirming, and attachment-based therapeutic approaches. I also incorporate my training and experience in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and DBT into the work, depending on the therapeutic focus.
A current area of clinical interest includes addressing transgenerational trauma through ancestral/lineage work using client-centered and IFS approaches.
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Outside of my professional life, I’m still a nerd for all things mental health, and love to learn more about our beautiful and mind-blowing internal systems, whether that’s through a podcast on various issues like mind-gut health, boundaries, or boredom. I’m also an avid story-chaser and enjoy reading and bingeing TV shows, losing myself in another world for a while. Weekends usually find me at the archery range practicing olympic recurve shooting, trying out a new recipe, relaxing with my dog Rocky, exploring new cycling paths, or just enjoying much needed unstructured, down-time.
