HELLO, I'M Dr. Janine Kreft,

Clinical Psychologist turned Human Systems Strategist.

The Architect Behind the Human OS Upgrade

I’ve always operated ahead of the curve—seeing patterns before they surface and moving with a level of precision the world often told me to slow down, soften, or temper.

Seventeen years in ballet trained me to achieve through force and override. It was a system built on perfection, pressure, and pain. By 25, I walked away—not because I lacked discipline, but because my body could no longer sustain an operating system built on contraction.

That exit became the beginning of my real work: rebuilding the human system from the inside out.

I completed a doctorate in clinical psychology, but it became clear quickly that traditional methods couldn’t meet the pace, complexity, or internal demands of modern leaders. I kept returning to the same question:

What if the issue isn’t the mind—
but the operating system running beneath it?

That question pulled me out of the therapy room and into a decade of experimentation across clinical psychology, somatic intelligence, fascia-based bodywork, energetic coherence, and systems design.

What emerged was a unified framework I now call Human System Architecture—a methodology that integrates nervous system regulation, cognitive precision, and energetic coherence into one intelligent internal system.

I don’t coach people through emotional spirals.
I engineer clarity at the level where identity, biology, and intelligence intersect.

I help high-impact leaders:

  • remove internal drag

  • dissolve reactive decision patterns

  • expand without destabilizing their system

  • lead from clean signal instead of survival patterns

I’ve lived the cost of high performance without regulation.
I know what it takes to expand without collapse.

Today I work with founders, executives, and multi-hyphenate visionaries to upgrade the architecture that drives their leadership—so their biology, cognition, and energy operate as one coherent system.

I don’t sell transformation.
I deliver calibration.

Because when your system runs clean, your intelligence, creativity, and leadership capacity multiply—without bracing, forcing, or burnout.

If you’re ready to lead with clarity and scale without contraction, you’re exactly where you’re meant to be.

Power isn’t something you find—it’s a signal you run.
The moment you move as the leader you already are, the system upgrades.

Eight things 

I 

know

 about transformation...

  • Transformation begins with a decision—never with waiting.

    Shift happens the moment your system commits to a new trajectory.
    When knowing becomes embodied instead of intellectual, resistance dissolves and momentum becomes inevitable.

  • You already know what needs to change—your system is just glitching.

    High-level leaders sense their next evolution before they can articulate it.
    My work is to identify the interference patterns—cleaning the signal so your intelligence can run without obstruction.

  • This is forward-focused recalibration, not emotional processing.

    Human Systems Strategy is action-oriented, structurally intelligent work for those who’ve already done the healing.
    We refine your internal architecture so your biology and your business scale in tandem.

  • Growth edges are diagnostic data.

    Discomfort isn’t a problem—it’s information.
    Expansion exposes outdated code still running in your system.
    Calibration converts those stress points into structural strength.

  • Personal responsibility is the foundation of sustainable leadership.

    No one can regulate for you.
    Clean decision-making comes from nervous-system coherence, structural clarity, and consistent alignment—not emotional outsourcing. 

  • Your past is data, not destiny.

    Your history shaped your current architecture, but it doesn’t dictate future capacity.
    You can rebuild your internal operating system to hold more complexity, creativity, and expansion than ever before.

  • There is no failure—only feedback for recalibration.

    Every misstep is a loop returning information.
    Each refinement sharpens your leadership signal and expands your bandwidth for complexity.

  • I calibrate with you—not above you.

    I walk this path, too.
    I don’t theorize transformation; I embody it.
    We upgrade your system together so you can lead faster, cleaner, and more sustainably than you thought possible.


Are you ready to stop circling transformation and start operating as the leader your system is already wired to become?

Education

 

 Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.)

American School of Professional Psychology (Argosy University) (2015)

Master’s in Clinical Psychology (M.A.)

American School of Professional Pscyhology (2011)

Bachelors of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) - dance emphasis

The Boston Conservatory (2006)

 

Trainings & Certifications

 

  • Doctorate & Masters in Clinical Psychology (2015)
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Illinois, 2017–2024; Inactive) 
  • Yoga Teacher Training 200 hour - Re:Vive - Yoga Alliance Accredited (2023)
  • Access Consciousness® Certified Facilitator (CF)  - Access Consciousness®  (2022)
  • Access Body Process Practitioner - Access Consciousness (2021)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) - EMDR Consulting (2020)
  • Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Master Practitioner - Empowerment Partnership (2018)
  • Hypnosis Master Practitioner - Empowerment Partnership (2018)
  • Mental Emotional Release (MER) Master Practitioner - Empowerment Partnership (2018)
  • Emotion Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping Practitioner - Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (2018)
  • The Emotion Code Practitioner - Discovery Healing (2018)
  • Access Bars Practitioner - Access Consciousness (2016)

Work

 

Kreft’s Couch LLC (2021 - present)

      Founder & Human Systems Strategist

House of Botanique LLC (2023 - 2025)

Co-Founder 

Cheyenne Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center (2014 - 2021)

Licensed Telehealth Psychologist

The Chicago Stress Relief Center (2013 - 2014)

Advanced Doctoral Practicum

Harbor UCLA Medical Center (2012 - 2013)

Dual Diagnosis Treatment Program - Therapy Doctoral Practicum

University of California Irvine (2011 - 2012)

Disability Service Center - Psychodiagnositic Practicum

For Executive / Leadership Inquiries

Email: [email protected]

For founders, executives, and innovation teams seeking Human Systems Strategy, leadership architecture, or organizational calibration.

 

For Personal Calibration Work

Explore The Couch → (Click HERE)
Self-led and personalized OS recalibration for creators, founders, and individuals seeking internal clarity, coherence, and personal transformation.

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