- Strengths-based approach
- Focus on self esteem
- Practical goal setting
About Jennifer
Jennifer Fitkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of clinical experience. She is an LCSW and a CSW and brings long-term practical experience to common life challenges such as stress, anxiety, and self esteem concerns.
She began her career in Iowa and has worked in a wide variety of settings. Her roles have included therapist, clinical supervisor, deputy senior clinician, senior clinician, and clinical director at a residential treatment facility focused on attachment issues.
Jennifer has worked in residential treatment, community programs supporting foster care, juvenile justice settings, and in a men’s medium-security prison on rehabilitation and reintegration. These roles shaped her ability to work with complex histories and practical everyday struggles.
Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from the University of Northern Iowa. She also pursued additional trainings in Functional Family Therapy, Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and the Good Lives Model.
In sessions she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to help people set goals and test small changes. She emphasizes strengths and practical steps - improving sleep, movement, and routines when those support progress.
Outside of clinical work she values time outdoors, travel, and fitness. She also mentions her dog Boomer, who has made occasional appearances during telehealth appointments.
She began her career in Iowa and has worked in a wide variety of settings. Her roles have included therapist, clinical supervisor, deputy senior clinician, senior clinician, and clinical director at a residential treatment facility focused on attachment issues.
Jennifer has worked in residential treatment, community programs supporting foster care, juvenile justice settings, and in a men’s medium-security prison on rehabilitation and reintegration. These roles shaped her ability to work with complex histories and practical everyday struggles.
Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from the University of Northern Iowa. She also pursued additional trainings in Functional Family Therapy, Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and the Good Lives Model.
In sessions she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to help people set goals and test small changes. She emphasizes strengths and practical steps - improving sleep, movement, and routines when those support progress.
Outside of clinical work she values time outdoors, travel, and fitness. She also mentions her dog Boomer, who has made occasional appearances during telehealth appointments.