Education/Experience:

Jen Arend has over 30 years of experience counseling, teaching, and discipling women in the local church. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from California State University at Northridge and an elementary with special education credential from California State University at San Marcos. She is almost finished with her Masters in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary (CCEF), Philadelphia, PA.

Interests & Specialties

While she has been in the education world for over 30 years, her heart is to walk with women and families in crisis, by caring, equipping and pointing them to Jesus in their suffering. She is equipped to counsel a variety of issues, but her specialized training and areas of interest are abuse dynamics in marriage, adoption / blended families, gender and sexuality issues in the family, pastors’ wives, and postpartum / menopausal depression and anxiety.

Personal

She lives in Escondido, CA and is married to her husband Curt. They have five children and five grandchildren. In her free time, she enjoys the beach, reading, pickle-ball, and grabbing coffee with a friend.