About Jen
Jen Berlingo (she/her) is a midlife coach, licensed psychotherapist, and bestselling and award-winning author who has spent more than two decades guiding people through life's transitions. She holds a master's degree in transpersonal counseling psychology and art therapy from Naropa University, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado, a Nationally Registered Art Therapist, and a master-level Reiki practitioner. Her book, Midlife Emergence, reached #1 in multiple Amazon categories and won first place in three categories at the Spring 2024 BookFest Awards.
On a personal note
I know this terrain because I've walked it.
When I entered midlife, I did the thing that terrified me most — I chose myself. For me, that meant unraveling a life that looked perfectly good from the outside to visibly claim my queer identity. It was inconvenient and uncomfortable and, at times, devastating. It was also the most honest thing I've ever done.
That experience changed my life, and it changed how I work. I'm not guiding you through something I've only read about or trained in. I'm coaching on the edge of something I've lived and lost sleep over — the never-ending process I’m still in of becoming more fully myself. Same person, every context. That's what I want for you, too.
On a random Sunday, you’ll find me cozied up with a chai latte in Denver's cutest cafes, and also at home on the couch with my unconventional family, my coven of close friends, and my chatty rescue kitties, Jinx and Juju — usually with a bottomless bowl of popcorn nearby.
Credentials & Trainings
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Colorado
Master-level Reiki practitioner and teacher in the Usui tradition, Takata Lineage, 2003
Hakomi Level 1 practitioner. Professional training in somatic, mindfulness-oriented, trauma-informed psychotherapy
The Coaching Way with Tara Mohr. Professional training for therapists in using a coaching approach to enhance personal growth work
Enneagram trainings from CP Enneagram Academy and the Open Heart Project with Susan Piver
Energy anatomy + the chakra system in-person training with Caroline Myss, 1999
Tarot training with Bakara Wintner via Everyday Magic University
Courting Your Medicine - 4 month deep-dive into nature-based ceremony and soul-work in the lineage of Bill Plotkin and the Animus Valley Institute. Participant in 2017, Leadership team 2019
Master of Arts, Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and Art Therapy from Naropa University, 2002-2005
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, major in Communication Studies; minor in Gender Studies from Virginia Tech, 1993-1996
