Daren Jaques, LMHC

Master of Science- Clinical Mental Health Counseling- Buena Vista University  

Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)

Focus Areas

Trauma and PTSD

Anxiety

Veteran's issues

Therapy Offered

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Cognitive Processing (CPT)

Existential

Humanistic

Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)

Motivational Interviewing

Person-Centered

My Approach

My clients are the experts on their own lives and that's important to me. I believe that the therapeutic journey is one that is better done as teamwork between therapist and client and that's what I strive for. Stylistically, I am a person-centered counselor who values the quality of the therapist-client relationship above all else. I incorporate humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and other empirically based techniques and interventions that are individually tailored for each client.

I received my Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Buena Vista University, my JD from Drake University School of Law, and am a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and a nationally certified counselor (NCC).

Prior to becoming a counselor, I served in the legal profession, including ten years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves as a Judge Advocate. I was honorably discharged in 2015 at the rank of Major.

Insurances Accepted

Aetna, Amerigroup Iowa, Avera Health Plans, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Employee and Family Resources (EFR) EAP, Iowa Total Care, Iowa Medicaid, Midlands Choice, Molina, Wellmark BCBS, United Behavioral Health/UMR/ Optum, United Healthcare, Self-Pay, Tricare West, VA Community Care Network (CNN)