The Japanese art of kintsugi honors broken pottery by repairing it with gold, recognizing that its history becomes part of its beauty and strength. At Kintsugi, this philosophy guides our work: our experiences may leave marks, but they do not define the limits of who we are or what is possible.
Kintsugi Therapy Studio (KTS) provides compassionate, trauma-informed support for individuals seeking greater safety, self-understanding, resilience, and hope. KTS honors the whole person and believes that meaningful healing can happen through trusted relationships, individualized care, and experiences that build on each client’s inherent strengths.
Kintsugi Therapy Studio offers individual psychotherapy for adolescents ages 12+ and adults navigating life transitions, grief, burnout, cancer survivorship, stress, and personal change.
Therapy is collaborative and grounded in respect for your experience. When it fits your goals and preferences, optional creative and expressive approaches can offer another way to reflect, make meaning, and move forward. You do not need to be artistic—only open to having a space that is truly your own.
Private-pay psychotherapy located in Amesbury, Massachusetts
Meet Jennifer Corcoran, LICSW
Therapist/Artist/Cancer Survivor/Founder of Kintsugi Therapy Studio
For over three decades, I've have been walking alongside children, adults, couples, and families through life's most challenging moments.
Kintsugi Therapy Studio grew from a belief that healing isn't about erasing what's been broken—it's about honoring our experiences and discovering strength, meaning, and beauty through them.
Here, therapy and creative expression come together through conversation, art, reflection, and connection, offering a space where healing can unfold naturally.
A Little More About Jenn
My love of animals has been part of who I am for as long as I can remember. I have always been drawn to the quiet, intuitive connection that can exist between people and animals — the kind that doesn’t require words, explanations, or even understanding. Sometimes, they simply know how to be right there.
That connection inspired a book I am currently writing, Right There, Bear, based on my German Shepherd, Bear. While it may look like a children’s book at first, it is really something much more — a story about attachment, unconditional love, emotional safety, and the healing power of simply staying beside someone when they need you most.
My passion for animals is also helping shape the future of Kintsugi Therapy Studio. I am exploring the development of a small equine-assisted therapy program where horses can become part of the therapeutic experience — helping people slow down, connect, build trust, and experience relationships in a very different way.
For me, these aren’t separate passions. They are all connected by the same belief at the heart of Kintsugi: healing happens through connection — sometimes with another person, sometimes through creativity, and sometimes beside an animal who asks nothing of us except that we show up.
Right There, Bear
A story about love, loyalty, and being right there.
Some stories begin as children’s books and quietly become something much more.
Right There, Bear is one of those stories.
On the surface, it is the story of a very big German Shepherd named Bear — a dog with giant paws, an intimidating presence, hair that somehow finds its way everywhere, and a heart even bigger than he is.
But this isn’t really a story about a dog.
It is a story about presence.
About the extraordinary power of having someone beside you who doesn’t need to fix you, change you, hurry you, or even understand everything you’re feeling.
Someone who simply stays.
Not ahead. Not behind. Just… right there.
As a therapist, I have spent much of my life thinking about what allows people to feel safe enough to heal. We often imagine healing as something complicated — something that requires exactly the right words, insight, or intervention.
But sometimes healing begins with something much simpler:
The experience of knowing we are not alone.
Bear has taught me that lesson in a way I never expected.
People may look at him and see a giant dog. Sharp teeth. Big paws. Strong muscles.
Those of us who know him see something entirely different: gentle eyes, soft kisses, unwavering loyalty, and a remarkable instinct for simply being there.
And that is why Right There, Bear has become much more to me than an idea for a children’s book.
It is a story for children, certainly. But it is also a story for parents, therapists, teachers, caregivers, survivors, people who have experienced loss or trauma, and anyone who has ever been lucky enough to have another living being stay beside them during a difficult chapter of their life.
It is about attachment. Trust. Emotional safety. Loyalty. The families we are born into and the families we create. The animals who become part of those families. And the quiet relationships that sometimes help put us back together.
At its heart, Right There, Bear carries a message I believe children and adults alike need to hear:
You don’t always have to know what to say. You don’t always have to make it better. Sometimes the greatest gift we can give another person is simply to be right there.
Right There, Bear is currently being developed as part of the creative work of Kintsugi Therapy Studio — a place built around the belief that healing does not erase our cracks or our stories. Instead, connection, creativity, love, and meaning can become part of how we put the pieces back together.
And sometimes, if we’re very fortunate, there is a Bear sitting right beside us while we do it.
