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96 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine HEALTH AND WELLNESS JESSICA VLOSSAK FOUNDER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Emerging Wellness LLC Princeton, NJ At a young age, Jessica Vlossak developed a keen interest in mental health and psychology, leading her to become a licensed professional counselor. In 2024, she founded Emerging Wellness LLC, a practice focused on providing accessible therapy services. She and her team conduct daily individual therapy sessions, utilizing both telehealth and in-person options to meet client needs. They also developed the Life Wellness Program, which incorporates dance movement therapy and life coaching as a holistic approach. This helps patients relax, improves body awareness and somatic release, and aids eating disorder clients with feeling comfortable in their recovery. Ms. Vlossak and her colleagues also developed the Enhanced Outpatient Program (EOP) for general mental health, substance use and dialectical behavioral therapy for adults. The program involves weekly group therapy paired with weekly individual sessions for added structure and support. The focus is to provide compassionate and evidence-based treatment for all clients. Through Emerging Wellness, Ms. Vlossak is working to develop a referral network with local schools, hospitals and businesses to enhance service outreach. Currently, she is seeking additional clinical staff, both full-time and part-time, to expand their capabilities. She is focused on extending community outreach for psychoeducation and after-school dance movement therapy support for the Trenton Public School District. Adjacent to her efforts at Emerging Wellness, Ms. Vlossak recently entered a new role as a program director at GenPsych in 2024. In this position, she manages an intensive outpatient mental health program for both adults and children with diverse needs, confusion, mental health crises and eating disorders. She assists with marketing and networking with local agencies, schools and medical practices, in addition to supervising interns and clinicians and ensuring operations and clinical needs are being met on-site. Over the course of her career, Ms. Vlossak has gained experience in various roles, including crisis intervention, de-escalation and therapy,

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