Why SereniTea?
The Front Porch at SereniTea Solutions
Around here, we think about "spilling the tea" a little differently.
Not gossip.
Not someone else's story.
Your story.
The one you've been carrying.
The one you've wondered if anyone could understand.
The one you've kept tucked away because finding the right words—or the right person—has felt impossible.
We believe healing often begins the moment we find the courage to tell the truth—with kindness, curiosity, and without shame.
Whether you're sitting in a counseling session, joining a workshop, meeting for supervision, partnering with us at your school, or standing beside a horse, the invitation is always the same:
Bring your whole self.
The victories.
The worries.
The grief.
The questions.
The dreams.
The parts of your story you're proud to share...
...and the parts you're still learning to understand.
Because healing isn't about pretending life is perfect.
It's about discovering you no longer have to carry everything alone.
That's what SereniTea means to us.
A place to slow down.
A place to spill your tea.
A place to grow.
A place to belong.
Whether we're counseling, supervising clinicians, partnering with schools, teaching workshops, or standing beside a horse, the invitation is the same:
Come as you are.
There's always room on the porch.
About SereniTea Solutions
Meet Your Front Porch Guides
What Makes Front Porch Learning Different
What Makes Front Porch Learning Different
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.
What Makes Front Porch Learning Different
What Makes Front Porch Learning Different
What Makes Front Porch Learning Different
You'll find more than slides and CE hours here.
You'll find honest conversations.
Practical tools.
Research you can actually use.
Case examples that reflect real practice.
Space to ask the questions you've been carrying.
Whether you're attending your first workshop or have years of experience, our hope is the same:
That you'll leave with fresh
You'll find more than slides and CE hours here.
You'll find honest conversations.
Practical tools.
Research you can actually use.
Case examples that reflect real practice.
Space to ask the questions you've been carrying.
Whether you're attending your first workshop or have years of experience, our hope is the same:
That you'll leave with fresh perspective, greater confidence, and ideas you can put into practice on Monday morning.
Because learning isn't measured by how much information we hear.
It's measured by what changes when we return to the counseling room.
Meet JJ
Meet Denver
Meet Denver
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
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.