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Name: Dr. Jennifer W. Ketner
Profession: Clinical Psychologist
License Number: New York State License # 015710
Location: Long Island, New York
Education
2002 Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology
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Professional experience
2004 - present Private Practice - individual & couple psychotherapy
2003 – 2007 Suffolk County Dept of Mental Health – psychotherapy and
evaluations at county mental health clinic and county
correctional facility
2002 –2003 Post-doctoral Intern - provided counseling to individuals,
couples and children
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Clinical interests
My clinical interests include relationship issues in adult couples, depression and anxiety disorders, adjustment issues of teenagers and young adults, and family dynamics.
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Love-Life interests and expertise
I began working with couples during my pre-doctoral internship at California State University, San Marcos. It was then that I realized how interested I was in working with both couples and individuals on relationship issues. During that time, I attended the Milton H. Erickson Couples Conference where I was further trained in many couples therapy techniques. I have continues to work with love- life issues in my private practice.
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Practice information
I work privately with adults, adolescents and children in individual, couples and family therapy.
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Personal relationship status
I have been married since 2000, and I have two daughters.
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Love-Life biography
Prior to meeting my husband in 1993, I had a serious relationship that seemed to be on again and off again for the last two of my high school years. I had so much emotion wrapped up into this relationship that I never felt that anyone could ever make me feel the way this boy did. Weeks after our final break-up and months after graduating from high school I met the man who so easily replaced the boy that I thought I would love forever. He was stationed on Long Island in the US Coast Guard, but I was nine days away from going off to college in New Hampshire. Our relationship was very intense in the beginning and I could not imagine how I could go without seeing him for even a few hours. We somehow managed to maintain a long distance relationship for over 2 years which was a very challenging way to begin a new relationship.
After two years, he completed his time with the Coast Guard and joined me in New Hampshire. We immediately began living together which was such a love-life change for me at the age of 20. Five years into the relationship, he proposed and I happily accepted. Two months later we packed up our belongings and moved across the country to San Diego, California so that I could attend graduate school. In 2000 we were married back here in New York, while still living in San Diego. Finally in 2002, I finished my doctoral program and we returned to New York. After being married just under 4 years, I gave birth to our first child, a beautiful daughter. Two years later we again added a beautiful baby girl to our family.
Throughout the course of our relationship, we have had to deal with a number of love-life issues including jealousy, dishonesty, and infidelity. Through our nearly 14 years together we remain committed to this relationship because it works and because we truly love each other. When things got difficult in the relationship, we sought out a therapist who helped give us tools to communicate to one another better. Being able to resolve these issues together has helped us to grow as a couple as well as individuals.
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