Traynette Jenkins-Reese

Traynette Jenkins-Reese is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Missouri with 24 years of experience in the mental health field. She has worked across multiple care environments, including residential treatment facilities, outpatient clinics, in-home services, and employee assistance program counseling.

Her clinical work has spanned a wide range of concerns and reached people of varied ages, ethnic backgrounds, and socioeconomic circumstances. She most often addresses family and relationship conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, self-esteem and stress, anxiety and depression, intimacy-related concerns, anger management, and coping with life changes, and she has experience supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Traynette practices from a person-centered foundation, meeting clients where they are and adapting treatment to fit individual needs. She applies evidence-based strategies such as cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused counseling to guide collaborative care.

Her style is warm, non-judgmental, and supportive, and she prioritizes teamwork with clients to establish practical steps toward their goals. She looks forward to providing focused support to help people move past the issues that brought them to therapy.