I’m Jennifer French, MA, LMFT, and the owner of Uncomfortably Comfy Couch. I provide virtual therapy for teens, adults, couples, and families throughout South Carolina and Colorado.Most of my career has been spent with people in the real and often messy parts of life. The moments when you are not okay but you are still showing up. When you are tired of holding everything together, questioning yourself, or wondering why the same patterns keep showing up no matter how hard you try.

I have always been someone who wants to understand the why. Why do we react the way we do? Why does something that seems small feel so big? Why do we keep returning to patterns that we know are not working?For me, therapy is about looking beneath the surface with curiosity instead of judgment. We pay attention to what your nervous system has learned, how your experiences and relationships have shaped you, and what change could realistically look like in your actual life.

How I Got Here

My work with individuals, couples, children, and families started long before I opened my private practice. Earlier in my career, I worked in addiction services, children’s treatment facilities, ABA based schools, education, behavioral coaching, and law enforcement.Each of those experiences taught me something about people, behavior, trauma, relationships, and the systems surrounding us. They taught me to look beyond what someone is doing and ask what may be happening underneath.What has this person experienced? What is their nervous system trying to protect them from? What need are they trying to communicate? What kind of support would actually help?

Throughout my career, I have been drawn to people who have felt misunderstood, overlooked, judged, or expected to fit into systems that were never designed with them in mind. I wanted to create a therapy space that felt different. A space where people could show up as they are without feeling like they needed to perform, mask, or have all the right words.

Supporting the Neurodivergent Community

Supporting the neurodivergent community is one of the biggest passions behind my work. I specialize in working with teens and adults navigating ADHD, autism, AuDHD, executive functioning challenges, masking, burnout, anxiety, OCD, trauma, and that long standing feeling of being different without always understanding why.

As someone who is also neurodivergent, this work is personal to me. I understand how exhausting it can be to spend years trying harder, masking more, overthinking everything, or believing you are the problem because the usual expectations do not fit the way your brain works.

My goal is not to help you become more typical. It is to help you understand yourself more fully. Together, we look at your brain, nervous system, strengths, needs, relationships, and capacity so you can build a life that works with you instead of constantly working against you.

I have also spent much of my career working with couples and families. Neurodivergence does not exist in its own little box. It can affect communication, emotional regulation, intimacy, parenting, conflict, work, identity, and the ways we connect with the people we love.

I am also committed to providing LGBTQ+ affirming care and creating a space for people who have spent too much of their lives hiding, minimizing, or explaining away parts of themselves just to feel accepted.

I was grateful to share more about my personal and professional journey in South Carolina Voyager’s Inspiring Stories series(https://southcarolinavoyager.com/interview/inspiring-conversations-with-jennifer-french-of-uncomfortably-comfy-couch-llc).

Training and Continued Learning

I genuinely love learning, and I take continuing education seriously because the people who trust me with their stories deserve care that continues to grow. My certifications and specialized training include:

* Certified Synergetic Play Therapist

* Certified Adult ADHD Specialist

* Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist

* Certified ILS Therapist

* Certified Trauma Specialist

* EMDR training

* Polyvagal Theory and nervous system regulation

* Trauma informed and attachment based approaches

* Emotionally Focused Therapy

* Couples and family systems work

* Ongoing ADHD and autism informed education and consultation

I have also completed my AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation and am expanding my work to support developing therapists. I want supervision to feel grounded, collaborative, honest, and human. A place where therapists can grow their skills and confidence without losing the heart of why they entered this work.

Why I Work the Way I Do

I do not want therapy to be a place where you only talk about what is hard and then return to your life unsure of what to do with it. I want therapy to help you understand yourself, recognize the patterns that once helped you survive, practice different ways of responding, and create change that can actually fit into your life.

Uncomfortably Comfy is named that way on purpose. Growth can be uncomfortable, but it should not feel lonely or shaming. Therapy can be meaningful without feeling stiff or overly clinical. There is room for honesty, hard conversations, curiosity, laughter, and the moments when you are not even sure where to begin.Messy is welcome. We start with what is true, and we go from there together.

You are welcome here exactly as you are.