Jean Eva Thumm

Jean Eva at Beyond the Horizons has been counseling couples and families for over 30 years. As a Licensed Marriage and Family therapist and certified coach,  she emphasizes improving communication skills, using a variety of tools, including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, of which she is a Certified Administrator. Beyond the Horizons has also developed specialized tools you and I need to feel good about yourself, improve relationships, reduce stress, and resolve conflict.

As an expert on interpersonal communication, Jean Eva seeks to model deep-level listening. Her life coaching and counseling always seek first to meet persons where they are - their emotions, thoughts and the beliefs that regulate and guide their everyday lives. A sense of belonging and being accepted enables you to grow as a person and family/team member.

Jean Eva's training includes degree studies in counseling and education. She is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in New Mexico and in Delaware. Continuing education has led to specialties in life and career coaching and in EMDR. As a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and Board Certified Coach (BCC) Jean Eva specializes in life coaching and career coaching.

Jean Eva is also a Level II EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) practitioner who has successfully used this method to help hundreds of individuals overcome trauma and change their negative belief systems into positive ones. As a Brain Spotting Clinician, Jean Eva is able to help those suffering from severe anxiety and trauma to regulate their nervous system and thus to interact more positively at home and at work. Core values such as human dignity, compassion, self-esteem and empowerment are essential threads through Jean Eva's work.

"Jean Eva firmly believes that as part of a Universal Consciousness we all can and need to replace unhelpful behaviors with positive, forward-looking and inclusive ones that clearly demonstrate respect for all individuals and their values."

Jean Eva's book, Soft Skills for Tough Issues: Fostering Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace is a comprehensive guide for leaders in the workplace. It provides an interactive chapter on life and career coaching and examines such cutting-edge issues as personality type and ethics/spirituality in the workplace.