Meet Jenn
your guide to deeper relational awareness and embodied healing .
Hi, I'm Jennifer O'Malley Pearlman.
My work started long before I ever became a therapist. Even in high school, I was deeply curious about emotions and how people can heal from the inside out. That curiosity is at the core of my practice.
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I work with people in relational distress who understand themselves well, but still find themselves caught in repeating emotional and relational patterns.
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In our work, we slow things down and pay attention to what’s happening beneath the surface—how your nervous system responds, how patterns form, and how they show up in your relationships.
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My approach is relational and somatic, meaning we work with both insight and lived experience so change can be felt, not just understood.
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I believe healing happens through awareness, relationship, and presence as well as analysis.
Rooted in Awareness
After earning my degree in psychology from Northeastern University, I became deeply interested in how emotional experiences are held and processed beyond words alone. My early training at The New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts opened my eyes to embodied and contemplative approaches that shape how I understand stress, trauma, and resilience.
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Over time, this perspective informed the way I practice psychotherapy today. While my work is grounded in talk-based therapy, it is guided by an appreciation for how awareness, breath, nervous system regulation, and relationships play a role in meaningful change.
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Mind–Body Integration
The idea that our minds and bodies reflect one another is at the essence of my work. When the world shifted during COVID, so did my practice. I moved online and learned how to integrate body-based awareness into virtual sessions, helping people tune into their inner experience even from a distance.
Today, my work is informed by:
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Trauma-informed psychotherapy
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Somatic awareness and integration
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Somatic CBT (Cognitive-behavioral therapy)
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DBT-informed (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) principles
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Attachment and mindfulness practices
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Nature-based and grounding approaches
But at the end of the day, modalities are just tools. What matters most is presence. The ability to listen, notice, and meet someone where they are.
My approach is gentle, intuitive, and collaborative. I’m not here to fix you. Instead, I help you listen to the story of your mind and body.
A Great Purpose
For 17 years, I’ve trained with my teacher, Dharma Mittra, whose teachings in yoga, meditation, discipline, and compassion have been transformational. That devotion to daily practice continues to guide both my personal and professional path.
I also serve as an adjunct professor in a graduate counseling program, helping future therapists understand the power of presence, breath, and embodied awareness. Teaching is one of the ways I give back to what has given me so much.
Planting New Roots
After many years in New Jersey, I moved to California. The trees, the pacific air, and the expansiveness of it all offered me a powerful sense of connection. To me, this connection is the belief that healing is not about becoming someone new, but coming back to who you’ve always been.
I believe therapy is a process of becoming more whole. More present, more grounded, more aligned with your true self.
If you feel drawn to begin your own healing journey, I’d be honored to walk beside you.