Here at Nurturing Hearts and Minds Therapy, we provide a safe, nonjudgmental space where your feelings, experiences, and goals are heard and respected. Whether you’re facing anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship struggles, grief, or just feeling stuck, we partner with you using evidence-based approaches tailored to your needs and strengths.
You don’t have to have everything figured out to begin. Therapy is a collaborative journey: we’ll move at a pace that feels right for you, build skills you can use in everyday life, and celebrate progress, however small it may seem. Confidentiality, compassion, and clear communication guide our work together.
If you’re ready to start or have questions about what therapy could look like for you, we’re here to listen and help you find the support that fits. Taking this step is a sign of strength — we welcome you.
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Meet Our Owner and Therapist
Jen Yawger, LICSW, LCSW
A licensed clinical social worker with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals and families through life transitions, relationship challenges, and trauma recovery. My approach blends evidence-based modalities—primarily cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and trauma-focused techniques—with a warm, collaborative, and strengths-based stance.
I believe therapy is most effective when tailored to each person’s needs and paced according to what feels safe and manageable. Together we’ll clarify your goals, build practical skills for emotional regulation and communication, and process difficult experiences in a way that fosters healing and resilience. I use mindfulness and psychoeducation to increase self-awareness, and I emphasize skills you can practice between sessions to support lasting change.
I work with adults, adolescents, and couples on issues including anxiety, depression, grief, complex trauma, attachment wounds, relationship conflict, and life transitions. I have additional training in trauma-informed care and use interventions that prioritize safety, stabilization, and gradual processing.
Outside the therapy room, I’m committed to ongoing professional development and to creating a culturally sensitive, nonjudgmental space where all identities are respected. If you’re looking for practical, compassionate support to move forward with greater clarity and balance, I’d be honored to work with you.
Meet Gunnar, our emotional support dog. He is hard at work in the office.
Our Practice
Office location
100 Enterprise Dr Suite 301 Rockaway, NJ 07866
Our insurance
Most Major Insurance plans accepted, as well as some Medicare plans
Private pay
Online or in-person session
| 60 mins | $200, sliding scale offered
Telehealth option
Serving NJ, MA, NH, TN, PA, CT
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We usually take many commonly known insurances.
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