ABOUT ME
Hi, I'm Jessica.
I am a consultant, coach, writer, and white person who is steadfast about undoing the harms of whiteness.
I am a trained therapist with a MA from Northwestern University and a specialization in Narrative Therapy. My experience includes providing therapy, psycho educational programming, group facilitation, and helping to train business leaders and foster collaboration among diverse groups at the University of Chicago.
As a partner and parent in a mixed race family, I am committed to understanding and unpacking what it means to be white. Together with others, I strive to uncover and attend to the harms that whiteness causes, and the ways it disconnects us from ourselves and community.
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Check out my blog to see my journey.
HELLO WHITENESS SERVICES
Individual Consultation
Live out your values
Starting the conversation about race can be difficult, but I'm here to help. I use a story-based approach integrating practices and ideas from Narrative Therapy to help unpack your understanding of your racial identity that is based on your own unique experiences.
In our meetings, we create a safe, judgment-free space while at the same time challenging you to reflect, grow, and explore in a way that empowers you to better live out your values and intentions.
Workshops & Presentations
Achieve together
Whether you are part of a mission-based organization or a faith-based community, attempts at meaningful conversations around race, and especially whiteness, often end up in frustration.
I come alongside groups of people embracing this challenge by developing structured and facilitated discussions and tailored workshops in a framework for exploring individual and team dynamics around whiteness and race. The ultimate outcome is developing practices of accountability and responsibility to build an empathic and compassionate culture that supports the individuals and the team in living out their shared values.
Lisa D, Educator
"I am grateful for the thorough notes. For our time together, Jessica gave such care to each session. I deeply appreciated every meeting and always left with either a new or more expanded perspective on my situation. I have a wider understanding of where my conditioning as a white person is influencing my beliefs, thoughts, and actions. Thank you!"
Anna M, Nurse Practitioner
“Jessica’s ability to provide a framework for navigating the role whiteness has played in my life and the structure of our country has shifted my entire perspective on race and racism. She curated a workable guide for me to continue to examine the role whiteness continues to hold in my day to day. Her humility creates a free space to wrestle and groan and then do.”
Kiana N, Pastor
“Jessica has been nothing short of a gift to our community. She is a communicative and experienced practitioner who consistently centers the dignity of each person she engages. Jessica has exemplified the importance of doing just work within so that we might be just in the world. She is an absolute joy to work with and our community would not be as whole without her!”
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