Genna Howard

Therapeutic Specialties

Genna offers a thoughtful and multi-layered approach to mental wellness, specializing in neuro-affirming care, complex OCD treatment, and identity-focused healing:

• •Specialized OCD, OC Related Disorders & Anxiety Care:
  • •OCD & Anxiety Disorders: Utilizing both behavioral and cognitive models.
  • •Inference-Based Support: Helping clients distinguish between reality and obsessive doubt.
• •Neuro-Affirming & Executive Support:
  • •Autism & ADHD: Navigating co-occurring challenges and sensory processing.
  • •Daily Life Skills: Practical strategies for executive functioning and routine building
• •Healing from Trauma & Loss:
  • •Trauma & PTSD: Safe processing of past experiences.
• •Grief & Depression:
  • •Navigating the complexities of loss and low mood.
• •Existential & Behavioral Concerns:
  • •Navigating questions of meaning, purpose, and behavioral change.

Clinical Approach & Modalities

Genna balances specialized behavioral protocols with narrative and existential exploration to help clients rewrite their personal stories while gaining mastery over their symptoms:

• •Evidence-Based OCD, OC Related Disorders, Anxiety & Habit Treatment:
  • •Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and
  • •Habit Reversal Training (HRT) to target compulsions and body-focused repetitive behaviors.
  • •Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to foster psychological flexibility and values-based living.
  • •Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) to target the root of obsessional doubt.
• •Meaning-Centered & Narrative Growth:
  • •Narrative Therapy to help clients externalize their problems.
  • •Existential Therapy to explore personal agency, freedom, and the search for meaning.
• •Mindfulness & Values:
  • •Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to build psychological flexibility and help clients move toward what truly matters to them.
• •Empathetic Foundation:
  • •Person-Centered Therapy (PCT) to ensure the therapeutic relationship is grounded in unconditional positive regard and genuine collaboration.

Education

• •Clinical Mental Health Counselor - Utah Valley University
• •Bachelor of Science - Psychology - Utah Valley University

Bio

Genna has found joy and healing in various mental health environments, both as a practitioner and a client herself. She insists that there is fun to be had in this field, along with the tears!

Genna believes that everyone has a story worth telling, she is passionate about helping individuals tell their own stories—from joy to sorrow, through the highs and lows. Her goal is to help clients discover their inner strength so they can move forward with confidence.

Genna believes that we are all the artists and architects designing our own lives. Life can sometimes seem like an abstract painting that doesn't make sense, but by working together in a safe and comfortable space, we can find deeper meanings and create a path towards healing and wholeness.

Genna enjoys listening to music, playing the piano, art, reading, and being with nature and animals.