Jenni Presnell, M.S., LPC-A
Counselor
jpresnell@firstlightsc.org
864-231-7273
Jenni Presnell is a Counselor with First Light working with adolescents and adults impacted by trauma. Her goal is to offer pathways of healing to those seeking healthy perspectives of themselves and others. Jenni grew up in South Georgia. She spent her undergraduate years at the University of Georgia, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Family and Consumer Sciences. She returned to South Georgia to learn much from careers in foster care and cancer treatment social work. In 2016, she began postgraduate work to pursue a Master’s degree in Professional Counseling, which she received in 2020. During that time, she moved to Anderson, SC, and has loved exploring the upstate and meeting wonderful people living here. Jenni’s greatest joys are parenting sweet twin, teen boys and spoiling her amazing niece and nephews. She enjoys meaningful relationships and traveling to new places.
How would your friends describe you in three words?
funny, thoughtful, determined
What do you love about your job?
Connecting with other people through our similarities while honoring and dignifying our differences.