About Root + Veil

I'm Jennifer Violette, a therapist and Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA) with a background spanning mental health, public service, program development, and behavioral health systems. I earned my Master of Social Work in 2016 and have spent much of my career working alongside people during complicated, uncertain, and deeply human parts of their lives.

My approach to therapy is collaborative, curious, affirming, and grounded primarily in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I'm less interested in telling you how you should think or feel and more interested in helping you notice what's happening, understand the patterns you've developed to move through life, and build greater flexibility in how you respond. Therapy with me can include humor, curiosity, uncomfortable conversations, moments of insight, and plenty of room for being a person who doesn't have everything figured out.

My professional path has taken me through healthcare, child welfare, public service, and behavioral health. Before becoming a social worker, I spent nearly a decade working in healthcare, including in neonatal intensive care and pediatric settings. My social work career has included work within the foster care system and public-service research.  Across these roles, I've worked alongside individuals and families navigating complex systems, significant transitions, caregiving, loss, and uncertainty, while also developing a deeper understanding of how larger systems and policies shape people's lives. 

Later, my work expanded into behavioral health policy and program development, including helping develop and implement Oregon's first-in-the-nation regulated psilocybin services program. These experiences continue to shape how I approach therapy and inform my interests in perinatal mental health, grief and caregiving, psychedelic integration, systems-level work, and professional consultation.

I believe good therapy makes room for the whole person. My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming, neurodiversity-affirming, sex-positive, body-inclusive, and welcoming of people across races, cultures, disabilities, identities, relationship structures, and ways of living. My work is grounded in cultural humility and an anti-oppressive lens, including attention to how systems, power, privilege, discrimination, and lived experience can shape well-being. You don't need to make yourself more palatable, organized, certain, or “together” before showing up here.

 People rarely arrive in therapy with just one thing going on. Anxiety can overlap with burnout. Grief can affect relationships and identity. Neurodivergence can shape experiences of overwhelm, self-criticism, and belonging. Trauma, bodies, relationships, health, identity, and the systems we live within can all intersect.

You don't need to know exactly which category you fit into before starting therapy. Some of the areas I commonly support include:

Anxiety, Depression, & Burnout: Overwhelm, chronic stress, low-mood, perfectionism, people-pleasing, self-criticism, difficulty resting, and feeling responsible for everyone or everything.

Boundaries & Relationships: Setting limits, communicating needs, relational patterns, caregiving roles, family dynamics, and staying connected to others without losing yourself.

Body Image & Self-Worth: Body dissatisfaction, shame, appearance-related distress, self-criticism, and developing a more compassionate and flexible relationship with your body.

Grief, Loss & Life Transitions: Bereavement, complicated or ambiguous loss, changing relationships, identity shifts, caregiving, and seasons of life that don't look the way you expected.

Pregnancy, Postpartum & Parenthood: The emotional complexity of pregnancy, prenatal and postpartum experiences, changing identity, relationships, expectations, and transitions into and through parenthood.

Neurodivergence: ADHD, autism, masking, overwhelm, executive functioning challenges, late identification or diagnosis, and understanding yourself outside of expectations built for a different kind of brain.

Trauma & Difficult Past Experiences: Exploring how difficult or traumatic experiences continue to show up in the present, with attention to safety, choice, pacing, and your readiness.

Religious Trauma & High-Demand Religion: Experiences related to high-demand or controlling religious environments, religious trauma, faith transitions, deconstruction, shame, fear, identity, family or community relationships, and making sense of what you believe or value outside of expectations you were given. 

Identity & LGBTQ+ Affirming Care: Identity, gender, sexuality, relationships, belonging, minority stress, and navigating environments that don't always make room for who you are.

Psychedelic Integration: A nonjudgmental space to process, make meaning of, and integrate psychedelic experiences, including those that felt meaningful, confusing, challenging, or difficult to put into words. 

 I provide the following services:

• Individual Therapy:  Online psychotherapy for adults throughout Oregon who are seeking support for mental health concerns. Therapy may include assessment, diagnosis, and treatment and may be eligible for insurance billing depending on your plan. 
• Non-Clinical Counseling*: Support for personal growth, life transitions, relationships, boundaries, values, meaning-making, or other concerns that do not involve the diagnosis or treatment of a mental health condition. Non-clinical counseling is private pay and is not billed to health insurance. 
• Professional Consultation*: Consultation informed by experience in clinical social work, healthcare, child welfare, research, public service, behavioral health systems, and Oregon's regulated psilocybin services program.
• Psychedelic Integration*: Support processing and making meaning of psychedelic experiences, including exploring what came up, how the experience may connect with your life, and what, if anything, you want to carry forward. Integration may be provided within individual therapy or as non-clinical counseling, depending on your needs. 
• Case Management*: Practical support navigating healthcare, behavioral health, community resources, and other systems, including finding resources, coordinating care, addressing barriers, and identifying next steps. 

Individual therapy is provided through secure telehealth for adults located in Oregon. *Non-clinical counseling, case management, and professional consultation may be available virtually, in person, or in nature-based settings depending on the service, location, and availability.

Please visit our Services page for more detailed information about each service. 

 
Not sure where to start? I offer a free 15-minute consultation to talk about what you're looking for, answer questions, and see whether my services might be a good fit. 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

While I am trained in and draw from several therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), mindfulness, and somatic approaches, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is the primary framework that guides my work.

ACT is an evidence-based approach focused on developing greater psychological flexibility: the ability to make room for difficult thoughts, emotions, and experiences while continuing to move toward what matters to you. Rather than trying to eliminate uncomfortable thoughts and feelings or convince yourself to think differently, ACT helps you notice and relate to your internal experiences in new ways. Through mindfulness, curiosity, values exploration, and meaningful action, we work toward creating more choice in how you respond to what shows up.

Therapy is collaborative and responsive to you, with the amount of structure varying depending on what feels most useful. We typically begin by checking in and identifying what feels important to focus on that day. At times, we may slow down to notice what's happening in the moment, explore patterns together, learn or practice new skills, or use guided and experiential exercises to help you experience ACT concepts rather than simply talk about them. As your needs change, we can adjust the balance between structure, exploration, and space to process.