Jenna Parker Verified Provider

Jenna Parker, LCSW, is the founder of Waves Wellness & Counseling Services, a nature based psychotherapy practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The practice offers individual therapy, couples counseling and family psychotherapy, with a clinical focus on trauma, PTSD and anxiety, depression and grief, attachment issues and relationship difficulties.

Waves Wellness integrates evidence based therapeutic approaches with ecotherapy, creating an active, grounded and connection oriented experience designed to help clients heal and grow.

Mindful Therapy Services

Treatment typically begins with an initial office based session, where Jenna collaborates with clients to understand their history, goals and readiness for different therapeutic formats. From there, clients may transition to outdoor ecotherapy sessions in Chattanooga’s natural spaces or continue with traditional office based counseling depending on their preference and clinical fit.

Jenna utilizes modalities such as trauma focused CBT and dialectical behavior therapy, bowen family systems theory and motivational interviewing to address complex trauma, mood disorders, severe mental health conditions and life transitions.

Sessions often incorporate mindfulness practices and take home strategies, balancing deep emotional processing with practical skill building for daily life.

Quick Facts

• Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee with outdoor sessions in natural settings and office sessions available Mondays; telehealth available statewide
• Services offered: Individual, couples and family psychotherapy, ecotherapy, workshops and clinical supervision
• Who they treat: Preteens and teens, adults and elders, couples and families
• Approach: Nature based, trauma informed and evidence based, integrating ecotherapy with modalities like TF-CBT and DBT
• Payment options: Accepts Aetna, Cigna and Optum; sliding scale available; out of network superbills provided; sessions range $150 to $250