ABOUT

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Jennifer Freed PhD is the best selling author of Use Your Planets Wisely and a renowned psychological astrologer and social and emotional education trainer. She has spent over thirty years consulting clients and businesses world wide on psychological, spiritual, and educational topics. She has served as the clinical director of Pacifica Graduate Institute and is national consultant for EMDR (Post Traumatic Growth Therapies).

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As a regular contributor to goop, Jennifer has written over 23 articles on wellness and Astrology, and Jennifer has penned ten books relating to personal growth. She has also been interviewed for her expertise by the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Vogue.

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She is the monthly psychological astrologer for the Sex with emily Podcast, the #1 Sirius show on sexuality, and she is also a monthly columnist for the Montecito Journal.

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In 1999, Jennifer and her partner Rendy Freedman created the non profit AHA!, which is dedicated to teens, families, and educators feeling safe, seen, and celebrated. AHA! has served over 35,000 children and families in Santa Barbara, and  Jennifer has trained educators throughout the country in the five pillars of social and emotional learning: self-management, self-awareness, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.

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Dr. Freed's passion is to awaken the potentials of each client and collective and to guide them to make lasting contributions to their communities.  
 

MY APPROACH

When you are humming at your top vibration, you feel blissfully connected to everyone and everything. Your whole being embraces the truth: that you, and all of creation, are made of stardust and you are here to make a difference with your unique composition. 

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But so often, this state of bliss can seem unreachable, as this delicate hum gets drowned out and tamped down by the constant noise of unfounded fear, competition, separation, distraction, and hunger for mirroring you never seem to get. There, you forget to realize your true nature.

Many astrological teachings tend to reinforce this distrust of our inner knowing and interconnectedness, reducing our lives to inflexible scripts, soul soundbites, or stereotypes. They take away our free will, imposing rigid, fixed ideas of who we are and what we might become. This superstitious literalism cuts us off from the unlimited possibilities of partnership with the Divine.

My practice, on the other hand, is one of relational astrology, which understands that we are interdependent and interconnected constellations, just like planets and stars in the galaxy. We all glimmer with unique combinations of gifts and challenges.  As an experienced psychotherapist I also recognize past influences and traumas and how they may impact our relational dynamics.

The combination of psychology and astrology allows me to see both your cosmic DNA and your biographical influences and how to assist you to break open the potentials of both your psyche and soul.