You are stonger than the story that brought you here.

Everlight provides recovery-focused counseling grounded in the latest scientific research on the brain and nervous system and in current best practices in addiction recovery. We offer a personalized, compassionate, no-shame/no-blame approach that honors the whole person—not just the substance use. Everlight does not rely on the “Twelve Steps.” Instead, we focus on the underlying reasons addiction patterns develop and persist, including stress responses, trauma histories, mental health needs, relationship patterns, and the ways the nervous system learns to cope.

Everlight’s approach is client-driven and centered on harm reduction. You decide how and when you want to make changes, and we support your autonomy while collaborating on realistic, meaningful goals. We listen closely to your own ideas about what you need to recover and blend that lived wisdom with up-to-date research to create a treatment plan that fits you. Because each person’s path to recovery is different, our role is to provide steady guidance, practical tools, and a supportive relationship—so you can move forward at your pace, in a way that feels safe and sustainable.

At Everlight, we honor grief as a profoundly personal journey. Together, we discuss how grief alters your brain and behavior and offer tangible ways to heal. Our goal is to provide a safe, compassionate space where you can tell your story, understand your feelings, and move through grief at your own pace. You do not have to carry it alone.

Grief can be rooted in or experienced during: 

• Death or Loss, or an impending death due to illness
• Mental and/or physical health diagnoses of family, friends, or yourself
• Job loss or lack of job, frustrations of job hunting.
• Infertility, pregnancy loss, failed adoption placements, or traumatic birth experiences
• The end (or ending) of a relationship, even if it was an unhealthy one, or ended long ago
• Child or Adult Family Estrangement or complicated family relationships
• Childhood emotional, physical, or sexual abuse and neglect
• Addiction-whether yourself or others
• Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault
• Complications from mental illness-yourself, your family, friends, or children
• Life not turning out as you expected

There is no timeline with grief. Everlight moves beyond the 5 Stages of Grief, incorporating mindfulness, tasks of mourning, and the latest research on grief and its impact on the brain and body.  We understand the complexities of grief and are here to support you through this journey.

Everlight's Family Stress Management Services supports parents and caregivers in identifying the root causes of stress and responding in healthy, supportive ways. We work to reduce stress, strengthen coping skills, executive functioning skills, and build more connected relationships. Since our services are parent-focused, we primarily meet with parents when their children are not present. We want parents to feel safe being open and honest about their challenges without worrying about saying or doing the wrong thing in front of their child. 

Everlight recognizes that parents represent all ages, genders, and identities, and that families come in many forms. We honor the child's definition of family and tailor our services to meet the needs of the important people in their lives. Family Stress Management Services are especially helpful if you, or a member of your family,  are struggling with big behaviors, mental wellness, addiction, or trauma. We work with families with minor and adult children, and our goal is to help you create a more grounded, safer, organized, and more connected home for you and your family.  

Everlight’s Life Skills Support Services help individuals nurture self-awareness, build emotional resiliency, and foster self-compassion through education, guidance, and skill-building. Services focus on reducing stress and anxiety, enhancing overall well-being, fostering caring, fulfilling relationships, and improving executive functioning skills. This service is especially helpful for adults experiencing symptoms of ADHD, depression, anxiety, or other mental wellness challenges, people who are struggling with stress and chaos, or adults who are looking to rebuild their life in a healthy, safe, organized, and functional manner.

Participants are encouraged to recognize their thinking and relationship patterns, explore how stress and trauma feel in the body, and understand how current life circumstances may possibly be rooted in trauma or adverse childhood experiences. Personal growth and a more peaceful life are encouraged through skill-building in emotional regulation and improved executive functioning. 

Participants learn what is and is not healthy in relationships while developing new ways to communicate, resolve conflicts, rebuild trust, and deepen connection. We offer a safe, supportive environment to explore what is working in your life (and why), what needs attention, and how to move from feeling stuck in patterns of stress toward greater calm, freedom, and connection. 

If you feel like your life is out of control, Life Skills Support may be the right fit for you.

Not to be confused with the parent education classes required in Wisconsin divorce or custody cases, Everlight’s Parent Education Program focuses on parents and caregivers who may need more intensive education and support. All parents love their children. Everlight's parent education program helps parents show their love through their words, actions, and make their child/ren feel emotionally safe.

Everlight's Parent Education Program is a structured, virtual curriculum offered in six, eight, or twelve sessions and is tailored to each family’s individual needs and circumstances. Parents and social workers /service facilitators can choose from a menu of topics, including improving parental protective capacities and understanding why traditional discipline often fails if the child has a trauma history. The program shares information on child development, focusing on age-appropriate behaviors and why your child may not be behaving at the level you feel they should be. Additional topics explore how intense behaviors are often rooted in past trauma, acute stress, physical or sexual abuse, neglect, or attachment disruption. 

If requested, Everlight can provide a syllabus for court review and written updates on service engagement and progress for social workers and/or the court. The program can also be adapted to meet initial or ongoing foster parent education needs. It can be customized to fulfill pre-adoptive and/or foster care licensing requirements for child-specific education.

Jenny, Founder and Director of Everlight Counseling & Education LLC, has over 30 years of teaching and training experience. on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to: 

• Why Children Experience Grief Differently from Adults and How to Support Them
• How Grief Impacts Your Brain and Behavior and How to Heal
• Death, and Other Reasons Children and Adults Experience Grief and How to Heal
• Invisible Grief and How to Cope (children and adults)
• How Domestic Violence Impacts Children and How to Support Them
• How Nutrition Impacts the Brain and Behavior

Jenny also has a strong background in providing pre-adoptive child-specific education required by the State of Wisconsin, foster parent ongoing training, and professional development training.  Jenny can work with you to develop an education and training plan that meets your needs or the needs of your organization.