Why SereniTea?
Around Here, We Put the Crazy on the Front Porch
Life gets complicated. People carry difficult stories. Helping work rarely comes with tidy answers—and even experienced professionals sometimes wonder whether they’re getting it right.
So, we put it on the porch.
We talk honestly about relationships, trauma, uncertainty, burnout, difficult systems, and the very human experience of helping other humans. We bring research and real life to the same table, make room for questions, and turn meaningful conversation into practical next steps.
Sometimes that happens in counseling. Sometimes in supervision or around a training table. And sometimes we step beyond the porch—onto a trail, beside the water, or into a quieter place where we can slow down and notice what we’ve been carrying.
No posturing. No pretending. Just honest conversation, grounded support, and room to grow.
Put it on the porch. Give it room to breathe. Carry something useful home.
About SereniTea Solutions
Meet Us on the Front Porch
Front Porch Learning wasn't created just to offer continuing education.
It was created because we believe counselors deserve a place where questions are welcomed, difficult cases can be discussed honestly, and learning continues long after graduate school.
A place where research meets real life.
Where theory becomes practice.
Where experience
Front Porch Learning wasn't created just to offer continuing education.
It was created because we believe counselors deserve a place where questions are welcomed, difficult cases can be discussed honestly, and learning continues long after graduate school.
A place where research meets real life.
Where theory becomes practice.
Where experienced clinicians keep learning right alongside those just beginning their journey.
Every Front Porch Learning session brings together two complementary perspectives—understanding the story our clients carry and translating that understanding into ethical, practical, compassionate care.
Pull up a chair.
We're glad you're here.
Two Perspectives. One Purpose.
Trauma Understanding
Looking beneath behaviors to understand how attachment, adversity, relationships, and development shape the people we serve.
Clinical Application
Turning that understanding into ethical assessment, thoughtful documentation, practical interventions, and everyday clinical confidence.
Meet JJ
Meet Jennifer "JJ" Larson, LPC-S
Turning Understanding Into Practice
Hi, I'm JJ.
For nearly thirty years, I've had the privilege of serving in behavioral health, higher education, school-based mental health, and private practice. Along the way, I've supervised clinicians, developed programs, responded to crises, and partnered with professi
Meet Jennifer "JJ" Larson, LPC-S
Turning Understanding Into Practice
Hi, I'm JJ.
For nearly thirty years, I've had the privilege of serving in behavioral health, higher education, school-based mental health, and private practice. Along the way, I've supervised clinicians, developed programs, responded to crises, and partnered with professionals across schools, hospitals, universities, and community agencies.
One lesson has stayed with me:
Understanding trauma matters.
Knowing what to do with that understanding matters just as much.
How do we recognize what we're seeing?
How do we document it well?
How do we explain it to families?
How do we remain ethical while offering compassionate care?
Those are the conversations I enjoy most.
My goal isn't simply to share information. It's to help counselors leave with greater confidence, clearer clinical thinking, and practical tools they can use the very next day.
Because good training shouldn't stay in a notebook.
It should show up in the counseling room.
Meet Denver
Meet Denver
Meet Denver Dykes, LPC-S
Seeing the Story Beyond the Symptoms
Hi, I'm Denver.
My counseling journey didn't begin in my twenties.
Like many of the clients I now serve, my path took a few unexpected turns. Returning to school as an adult reminded me that growth rarely follows a schedule—and that it's never too late for hope, healing, or a new b
Meet Denver Dykes, LPC-S
Seeing the Story Beyond the Symptoms
Hi, I'm Denver.
My counseling journey didn't begin in my twenties.
Like many of the clients I now serve, my path took a few unexpected turns. Returning to school as an adult reminded me that growth rarely follows a schedule—and that it's never too late for hope, healing, or a new beginning.
During graduate school, I discovered developmental trauma. Learning how attachment, neglect, loss, and early relationships shape our lives transformed the way I understood people—and the way I practice counseling.
Today, my work focuses on helping adults understand the lasting effects of complex trauma, shame, emotional dysregulation, and attachment wounds. Through advanced trauma training, EMDR, and certification as a Certified Complex Trauma Professional, I've continued growing so I can better serve those who trust me with their stories.
My hope is to help you look beneath behaviors and symptoms to understand the adaptations that once helped people survive.
Because when we understand the story beneath the symptoms, we respond with greater compassion, curiosity, and confidence.
And that changes counseling.