Jen Pacenza (she/they)

Jen believes we are always writing our stories and that therapy can offer a place to explore new possibilities when the old ones no longer fit.

A Fellowship Therapist at the Bloomington Center for Connection, Jen works with adult individuals and couples.  She is especially passionate about Relational-Cultural Therapy, narrative therapy, strengths-based approaches, and sex therapy. Her work is collaborative, affirming, and rooted in the belief that healing happens through authentic connection.

Before becoming a therapist, Jen spent years as a professor of writing, literature, and professional communication, as well as a theater critic. That lifelong love of stories shapes her therapeutic work, helping clients explore the narratives they've inherited, the ones they've survived, and the ones they want to write next. It has also inspired her interest in relational role-playing games (RPGs) as a creative pathway for growth and connection.

Jen has specialized training and research in sexuality, gender, and sex therapy. She strives to create a sex-positive, kink-affirming, shame-free space where people can talk openly about intimacy, relationships, pleasure, and identity with curiosity and respect.

As a genderfluid, pansexual therapist and the parent of a trans child, Jen understands the importance of finding care where you don't have to explain every part of yourself before you can begin healing. She is deeply committed to providing queer-friendly, gender-affirming therapy and supporting people in living more fully into who they are.