Meet Jenn Kerns

Jenn Kerns is a licensed Depth Psychotherapist (Jungian-oriented), Certified Integrative Medicine Mental Health Provider (CIMMHP), Psychotherapeutic Reiki master practitioner, educator, and artist with a consulting and clinical practice that serves individuals and couples in Vermont, and nationally  You can learn more about her clinical work here where she specializes in personal transformation, post-traumatic growth, and fostering individual and collective resiliency.

Jenn holds a Bachelors in Psychology with a concentration in Buddhist Studies from Saint Michael's College, and a Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her graduate research explored avenues for degendering psyche and queering Jungian thought by observing tenets of Buddhist studies, Deep ecology, and social justice theories. She brings 20+ years of experience as a scholar-practitioner to the fields of mental health, social justice, and the healing arts.

Some of Jenn’s clinical and training experiences include Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Latham Centers, Inc, Outpatient Psychiatry at University of Vermont, and Middlebury College’s counseling center. She has been in private practice since 2014.

Jenn has studied Reiki energy healing and meditation in the Buddhist traditions since 2006, when she had the opportunity to live in a Burmese monastery in Bodh Gaya, India. She has sat silent meditation retreats, almost yearly, at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA since 2008. Jenn’s interests in metaphysical research, particularly Subtle Energy Medicine and indigenous healing practices, has taken her as far as India, Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia. She has also studied under renowned spiritual teacher and metaphysician, Lynne Delaney, of Brewster, MA since 2007, whom she completed her Reiki Master Teacher apprenticeship with in 2010.

After being initiated into a life-altering health journey in her early 30s, in 2025, Jenn completed certification coursework with Dr. Leslie Korn to become a Certified Integrative Medicine Mental Health Provider (CIMMHP). Inspired and enlightened by her own journey, Jenn is excited to add this certification to her ever-evolving tool-kit and serve clients from an integrative medicine and functional medicine framework.

In her free time, Jenn is involved with the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Nichiren Buddhist community and practices with a local group in Vermont. Her commitment to engaged Buddhism, mindfulness-based modalities, soul-making, and spiritual growth sustains all of her work. 

See her qualifications and certifications here and check out her profile on Psychology today!