
Get to Know Us
The Haven Collective represents a family of therapists and coaches facilitating a unique, integrated approach to mental health and wellness, leveraging the restorative power of nature and animals. This comprehensive entity unites Haven Professional Counseling (a for-profit counseling practice), The Oaks at Haven (a non-profit organization focused on accessibility and outreach), and Haven Family Farms (the foundational future property where we will be providing a unique therapeutic and agricultural environment).
Our goal is to deliver cutting edge, trauma-informed therapies that focus on children and families, while also providing essential early interventions focused on mental health and attachment therapies for mothers, infants, and early childhood, children, youth, and adults.
These services are offered through traditional clinical counseling, multi-day intensive sessions, and retreats situated on working farms. Our unique approach combines animal-assisted and nature-based therapies, with somatic body based interventions offering distinctive therapeutic and developmental advantages for both your child and family.
Meet The Team

Lisa Shaw
Lisa Shaw has a master's degree in Mental Health and Marriage and Family Counseling from Geneva College. With over 15 years in the addiction field, she is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania and Ohio and holds certifications as a Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug and a Master of Addiction Counselor. Lisa is committed to helping individuals and families struggling with trauma, especially as it is related to narcissistic abuse.

Jennifer Thumm
Founder of Haven,
is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a passion for working with children and families. She specializes in animal-assisted therapies, family systems work, and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy interventions. Jen will be pursuing a graduate certificate / degree in Infant Mental Health combining her passion for child and family work with Early Childhood, Attachment, and Prevention for babies, young children, and their families.
Jennifer is committed to providing a bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach to counseling within the systems where you live and work, aiming to restore hope and change the trajectory of lives by breaking persistent generational patterns.

Becky Samsa
Becky is an experienced mental health coach and counselor with a passion for art, music, and humor. She offers coaching services for individuals struggling with grief, loss, depression, and anxiety. Becky is committed to facilitating restored hope in lives and helping her clients connect with the source of Hope and Truth.

Haven is looking for the following:
Licensed Professional Counselor
or
Licensed Associate Professional Counselor
Must have a passion and calling to work with:
- children
-families
-trauma
Niche' or Specialization in one of the following areas:
Infant and Maternal Mental Health
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Trauma
Animal-Assisted Therapies
Adventure / Experiential Counseling
Nature Based /Farm Based
Music / Art
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"For the Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion -- to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise, instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor. They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations." - the Bible, Isaiah 61: 1-4