Dr. Jennifer Cooley, DNM, LPCC
Psychotherapist, Composer & Sound Artist | Professionally known as Gin Cooley
Dr. Jennifer Cooley, DNM, LPCC—professionally known as Gin Cooley—is an American psychotherapist, composer, vocalist, and sound artist whose multidisciplinary work explores the intersection of psychology, music, ancient tradition, and holistic wellness.
Her work moves between the clinical and creative worlds, drawing upon psychology, mythology, sacred and traditional music, grief, ritual, and the enduring human impulse to create meaning from experience. As Gin Cooley, her musical catalog spans Gregorian chant and medieval sacred music, neo-Nordic and Celtic folk traditions, Southern Gothic soul, and contemporary sound-healing compositions.
Psychology & Clinical Work
Cooley is a licensed psychotherapist, holding LPCC licensure in Kentucky and LPC licensure in Tennessee. She is currently in the final year of the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program at California Southern University, following two years of doctoral-level study in applied psychology at Western Kentucky University.
She also holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Holistic Medicine and a Doctor of Natural Medicine (PhD/DNM) from the Rockwell School of Holistic Medicine.
Cooley earned a Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed.) in Counseling with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health from the University of Tennessee, where she was a member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Management and Organizational Development at Bethel University, graduating Magna Cum Laude and as a member of the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society.
She is a professional member of the American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association.
Throughout her clinical career, Cooley has worked extensively with marginalized populations, addiction, trauma, and individuals navigating complex psychological and systemic circumstances. Her experience spans outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation, community mental health, therapeutic foster care, correctional environments, and private practice.
She has served as a psychotherapist within super-maximum-security correctional environments, working with high-risk populations where careful observation, behavioral assessment, and an understanding of complex patterns of human behavior were integral to clinical practice.
Her institutional work has also included consultation and contribution to the development of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) programming within high-security facilities. She contributed to the development of an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) designed around the particular challenges facing rural addiction-treatment populations and previously served as Treatment Director for a therapeutic foster-care agency.
Cooley is currently in private practice, where she integrates evidence-based psychotherapy with a whole-person perspective on psychological well-being. Her clinical philosophy recognizes the complex relationship among psychological experience, environment, behavior, meaning, identity, and the systems within which people live.
Music & Sound
Under the artist name Gin Cooley, Cooley creates music influenced by ancient musical traditions, sacred music, mythology, psychology, nature, and the cultural landscapes that shaped her.
Her creative work frequently explores grief, transformation, memory, spirituality, identity, and the psychological terrain that exists beyond ordinary language. Across genres, she approaches music not simply as entertainment, but as a means of creating atmosphere, contemplation, emotional expression, and connection.
In 2026, this exploration expanded prominently into contemplative and therapeutic sound with the EP Sound Healing for the Soul. The project incorporates frequencies commonly used within contemporary sound-healing practices, including compositions centered on 174 Hz, 396 Hz, 432 Hz, and 528 Hz, alongside a full-body healing-frequency composition.
The works are designed as environments for meditation, reflection, relaxation, emotional processing, and restorative listening, reflecting Cooley's broader interest in the relationship between sound, consciousness, and psychological experience.
Sacred Music
In January 2026, Cooley released the five-track EP Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, a sacred work inspired by the ancient Christian “Glory Be” doxology.
Drawing upon Gregorian chant, medieval sacred music, and contemplative vocal traditions, the project reflects her interest in humanity's longstanding use of music within ritual, prayer, mourning, transcendence, and the search for meaning.
Many of these compositions incorporate 432 Hz tuning as part of Cooley's continuing experimentation with alternative tuning systems and contemplative sound.
Nordic & Celtic Traditions
Cooley's discography also reflects a longstanding fascination with Nordic and Celtic musical traditions, mythology, and historical sound.
Her 2026 Nordic Lullabies series includes “Wolf Lullaby,” “Aurora's Magic,” and “Polar Bear Cub.” Earlier releases include the neo-Nordic Valhalla Lullaby and the Celtic memorial work Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam — Erin go Bragh.
In 2023, Cooley released “Drømde Mik En Drøm I Nat,” featuring Romanian songwriter and producer Paul Daniel Ciupe (Pawl D Beats). The piece draws upon the medieval melody preserved in the Codex Runicus, commonly regarded as the oldest known secular song preserved from the Nordic countries and dating to approximately 1300.
Her earlier neo-Nordic and dark-folk catalog includes the 2021 releases “Death Before Dishonor” and “War March” (feat. Bjorth). She also collaborated with German composer Björn Hoppen on “Wanderer” for the Midgard Rising EP.
The Kentucky Holler
Cooley also fronts The Kentucky Holler, a Southern Gothic-inspired music project rooted in blues, soul, rural storytelling, and the darker emotional landscapes of the American South.
The project released the 12-track album 40 Year Blues in January 2026, following a series of singles including “Therapy Note,” “Through the Mud,” “Dear Friend,” and “Piece by Piece.”
The Kentucky Holler represents another dimension of Cooley's creative identity—one grounded in the landscape, language, humor, hardship, spirituality, contradictions, and resilience of the rural South.
Originally from rural northwest Tennessee, with ancestral roots extending into southern Louisiana, Cooley's work is deeply informed by the cultural landscape of the American South. Its music, folklore, spirituality, oral traditions, and complicated histories surface throughout her storytelling and musical work, from the Southern Gothic world of The Kentucky Holler to her broader exploration of grief, memory, identity, and the human condition.
Beyond Music & Psychology
Before establishing her careers in psychology and music, Cooley worked extensively as a high-fashion runway model, with international experience in Italy, China, Singapore, Taiwan, and New York City.
Her creative work has also extended into film and visual storytelling, with short musical films showcased at international festivals.
This varied professional history informs a body of work that resists confinement to a single discipline. Psychology, music, visual art, writing, traditional knowledge, and the study of human behavior remain separate areas of practice while continually informing the questions at the center of her work.
Across those disciplines, Cooley repeatedly returns to the same fundamental subjects: how human beings adapt, how suffering is transformed into meaning, how memory and culture shape identity, and why music, ritual, story, and creativity have remained central to human life across cultures and generations.
Her clinical and creative practices remain distinct disciplines, but both are grounded in an enduring curiosity about the complexity of human experience.
Dr. Jennifer Cooley, DNM, LPCC
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Contact: drjennifercooley@gmail.com