Life is an ongoing cycle of ruptures and repairs.
Our ability to repair these ruptures is the greatest gift we can give to one another.
About Dr. Jenna and Associates
Dr. Jenna's Bio
Dr. Jenna Flowers is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Author, and Speaker.
Meet the staff therapists
Dr. Flowers works with fellow marriage and family therapists and associates to offer child, family, couples, and individual therapy, coparenting, reintegration therapy, court mandated therapy in a private practice setting in Newport Beach, California. All licensed therapists are trained to work with parenting, divorce, depression & anxiety, & relationship issues.
Coparentwell Online Coparenting Course
Coparentwell Online Coparenting Course
A foundational 3-hour course on coparenting plus 11 bonus videos, checklists, surveys, and more!
How Dr. Jenna works as a Therapist
More on Dr. Jenna
Dr. Jenna completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan. She graduated with her MA in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, and Doctoral Degree in Psychology from the professional psychology school American Behavioral Studies Institute. Upon completing her Marriage and Family Therapy licensing board examinations in 2006, she has been in private practice in Newport Beach, California. Her book The Conscious Parent's Guide to Coparenting is published by Simon and Schuster and can be found on Amazon and Barnes & Noble for purchase. Past clinical experience and trainings include acting as Clinical Director at Mainspring Family Wellness Center, teaching as an adjunct faculty member at Azusa Pacific University the Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate Studies Program, school counselor for Huntington Beach Unified School District, Staff therapist at the Center For Individual and Family Therapy. Dr. Flowers has studied high conflict coparenting through the High Conflict Astute with Bill Eddy, JD, MSW, reintegration therapy and the 40-hour child custody evaluation course through Steve Frankel Group, and has completed training in Parent Coordination through the Association of Family Conciliatory Courts. She has completed EMDR therapy training I and II through the EMDRIA Institute as well as studied Attachment Focused EMDR with Laurel Parnell. She is certified in Conversational Hypnosis. She has had the privilege of attending consultation groups with interpersonal neurobiology pioneer and author of Parenting From the Inside Out Daniel Siegel, MD., psychologist and co- author of The Whole Brain Child Dr.Tina Payne Bryson, couple’s counseling with therapist and author Kay Yerkovich, LCSW, reactive attachment training with Bryan Post, LCSW, intensive training with Cognitive Behavioral Psychiatrist David Burns, MD., and continues to train and consult with clinicians involved in in court ordered therapy. Dr. Flowers also enjoys philanthropy and is a past president of National Charity League, Pacific Coast Chapter. Dr. Flowers is a member of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the Association of Family and Conciliatory Courts. Dr. Flowers coparents and raises a blended family of four ages 25, 20, 18, and 14.
Practice Focus and Theoretical Orientation
As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Jenna’s clientele has ranged from high profile celebrities and fortune 500 company executives desiring individual work to stay at home moms passionate about improving their parenting skills. "Over the span of 20 years plus, I have worked with hundreds of patients struggling with depression, anxiety, addiction with a specialty in compulsive eating, early childhood abuse, attachment issues, stress, and relationships issues spanning from divorce, affairs, disconnectedness, repairing parent child relationships, and parenting issues." Dr. Jenna helps clients in taking a deeper cut underneath the surface of issues to free themselves from the darker emotions like anger, anxiety, depression, and frustration using EMDR therapy. Dr. Jenna sees families, individuals, couples, and teens. She is also available for parenting consultation and case consultation. Dr. Flowers frequently gives talks on stress, parenting, womens' issues, and relationships.
DR. JENNA'S PERSPECTIVE ON THERAPY
Life is an ongoing cycle of ruptures and repairs. Our ability to repair these ruptures is the greatest gift we can give to one another. My goal as a therapist is to help you get to a place within yourself where you feel seen and heard, and make sense of your life. You may feel stuck right now. If you have the desire to grow and want to experience connected relationships that thrive as well as living life from an authentic place, then let's talk!
Meet Our Therapists
Josh Soto, LMFT
Diana Valenzuela, LMFT
Diana Valenzuela, LMFT
Josh is a seasoned child therapist and meets kids where they are at and helps them work through depression, anxiety, ADHD, self-esteem, relational issues. Josh is also the President of The Orange County Association of Marriage & Family Therapists. Josh has also worked with childrens' therapy involved in family court. To schedule with Josh please contact our offices at (949) 863-9031.
Diana Valenzuela, LMFT
Diana Valenzuela, LMFT
Diana Valenzuela, LMFT
Diana has solid experience working with coparenting, parenting, families, individuals, couples and teens. She works with issues such as parenting, depression, anxiety, relationship, and grief and loss issues. Diana has worked on court mandated cases for coparenting and reintegrative therapy. To schedule with Diana please contact our offices at (949)863-9031.
Malinda Bryant, AMFT
Diana Valenzuela, LMFT
Malinda Bryant, AMFT
Malinda is an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist. She began her professional career as an attorney and then stepped back to raise her family, and experience that gave her a deep first hand understanding of the demands, transitions, and resilience family life requires. Malinda earned her Bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley, JD from USC, and her Master's in Marriage & Family Therapy from Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Malinda is supervised by Dr. Flowers, LMFT.
The Conscious Parent's Guide to Coparenting
About the book
A positive, mindful plan for children and parents in transition!
If you're facing the challenge of raising children in two homes, you may be feeling overwhelmed and unsure of how to build a healthy coparenting relationship. With The Conscious Parent's Guide to Coparenting, you'll learn how to take a relationship-centered approach to parenting, foster forgiveness, and find constructive ways to move on when relationships change. Coparenting means putting your child's needs first. And conscious parenting acknowledges a child's thoughts, feelings, and needs, as well as a parent's responsibility to them.
This easy-to-use handbook helps you to:
- Build a coparenting relationship based on mutual respect
- Lower stress levels for the entire family
- Communicate openly with children about divorce
- Discuss and reach parenting decisions together
- Protect children, meet their needs, and help them build resilience
- Educate your family and friends about coparentingThe concept of ending a marriage peacefully, with compassion and respect for former partners, is often viewed with surprise in modern society. But choosing to consciously coparent is an important choice you can make for yourself and your children--one that will benefit the emotional health of your family for years to come.
Purchase the book at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble Stores
mainspring family wellness podcast
Episode #1 The Arc of Mothering
Episode #3 Respect & Gratitude Part 1
Episode #2 Kid Centric Marriages
Cohosts Dr. Jenna Flowers and Kristen Perlmutter discuss how mothering has adapted through the generations.
Episode #2 Kid Centric Marriages
Episode #3 Respect & Gratitude Part 1
Episode #2 Kid Centric Marriages
Cohosts Dr. Jenna Flowers and Kristen Perlmutter explore how putting kids as the focal point of marriages is causing many marriages to take a back seat.
Episode #3 Respect & Gratitude Part 1
Episode #3 Respect & Gratitude Part 1
Episode #4 Respect & Gratitude Part 2
Respect and Gratitude start at home. In this world of entitlement, empathy is the antidote! Cohosts Dr. Jenna and Kristen Perlmutter offer tips on how to raise caring, respectful, and grateful children in our fast paced culture. The first episode dives more into respect while the second part offers tools for parents on the importance of teaching our children gratitude
Episode #4 Respect & Gratitude Part 2
Episode #4 Respect & Gratitude Part 2
Part 2 of Respect and Gratitude. In this world of entitlement, empathy is the antidote! This episode offers tips on how to raise caring, respectful, and grateful children in our fast paced culture. The first episode dives more into respect while the second part offers tools for parents on the importance of teaching our children gratitude
Episode #5 When Pediatric Occupational Therapy is the referral
Episode #5 When Pediatric Occupational Therapy is the referral
Dr. Jenna and Kristen interview Tara Mackenzie, a seasoned Pediatric Occupational Therapist practicing in Orange County. Tara will define Occupational Therapy, discuss what she sees in her practice, and the benefits of some children seeing a pediatric therapist.
Episode #6 Conscious Coparenting with Dr. Jenna Flowers
Episode #5 When Pediatric Occupational Therapy is the referral
Author Dr. Jenna Flowers and her Coparent Erik Flowers discuss how conscious coparenting is a paradigm shift from how most people think about parenting after divorce. Both Erik and Dr. Jenna share their insights about how they work together with raising their three children in two separate homes. To buy Dr. Jenna's book The Conscious Parent's Guide to Coparenting click here: https://indi.com/p/hfr5x/8pbpigcgk73yr0wi
Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast
Episode #11 Entitlemania with Richard Watts Part 1
Episode # 12 Entitlemania with Richard Watts Part 2
Episode # 12 Entitlemania with Richard Watts Part 2
Are well intentioned parents inadvertently raising entitled children? How are we as parents contributing to the problem of entitlement which is becoming an epidemic in the United States. Author Richard Watts share his wisdom as a parent himself and advisor to the extremely affluent what he has observed as the challenges of wealth, and how to raise kids to respect their own capabilities and not expect their parents to do everything for them. You don't want to miss this. In fact we had so much to discuss we needed to make this podcast in two segments! Buy the book here:
Episode # 12 Entitlemania with Richard Watts Part 2
Episode # 12 Entitlemania with Richard Watts Part 2
Episode # 12 Entitlemania with Richard Watts Part 2
Part II: Are well intentioned parents inadvertently raising entitled children? How are we as parents contributing to the problem of entitlement which is becoming an epidemic in the United States. Author Richard Watts share his wisdom as a parent himself and advisor to the extremely affluent what he has observed as the challenges of wealth, and how to raise kids to respect their own capabilities and not expect their parents to do everything for them. You don't want to miss this. In fact we had so much to discuss we needed to make this podcast in two segments!
Episode #13
Episode # 12 Entitlemania with Richard Watts Part 2
Episode #14 How Summer Camp Helps to Raise Thriving Kids
Debbie Reber, Author and Founder of Tilt Parenting a community for parents with differently wired children shares her personal journey with son Asher, and how communities can be more inclusive of differently wired children. Debbie also speaks further about the Tilt Parenting Community which was a vision she had to help parents all over the world receive support and resources from fellow parents also raising children who are differently wired.
Episode #14 How Summer Camp Helps to Raise Thriving Kids
Episode #14 How Summer Camp Helps to Raise Thriving Kids
Audrey Monke and Sarah Kuljis Camp Directors of Gold Arrow and Yosemite Sierra respectively share their insights and wisdom on what life skills children gain by going to summer camp. Both share personally how camp influenced their own upbringing and guided their choices as people and as parents.
Episode 33 Discussing Spiritual Topics with your Children with Ines Franklin
Episode 33 Discussing Spiritual Topics with your Children with Ines Franklin
Kristen and Jenna broach the topic of spiritual wellness for your family through your values, personal faith, and service with Pastor Ines Franklin.
In The News
How to Handle if Your Husband Behaves Like a Toddler
Tips for Managing Back To School
Good Day LA segment on Toy Guns and their Impact on Kids
Good Day LA segment on Safeguarding Digital Dating for Teens
Good Day LA interviews Dr. Jenna on helping kids handle Back To School Stress
Good Day LA interviews Dr. Jenna on Kids and Quitting
Coparenting Children with Special Needs on Tilt parenting with Debbie Reber
Sunshine Parenting with Audio Monke
Through her psychotherapy practice and her own experience as a divorced mother of three children, Dr. Jenna Flowers knows the importance of prioritizing children’s well-being and practicing “conscious coparenting.” Her book, The Conscious Parent’s Guide to Coparenting: A Mindful Approach to Creating a Collaborative, Positive Parenting Plan