About Jennifer
Jennifer Fitkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twenty years of experience. She practices from Iowa and brings a long history of clinical roles, from frontline therapy to leadership in residential treatment. Jennifer uses straightforward, practical methods to help people facing stress, anxiety, parenting strain, depression, addiction, and relationship or family concerns.
Her background includes work in residential programs, community services for foster care, juvenile justice settings, and correctional rehabilitation.
Background and approach
She has held roles such as therapist, clinical supervisor, and clinical director. This range gives her practical experience with many life situations and system-related challenges. Jennifer draws on approaches that help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and build meaningful routines.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness skills, and Motivational Interviewing to help set clear goals and take achievable steps. Sessions focus on skills people can use between appointments. She also pays attention to attachment and family of origin patterns when those come up.
That perspective helps people understand how early relationships affect current interactions and choices. Jennifer supports work on adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and communication or control problems. Outside of therapy, Jennifer values outdoor life and fitness.
She is a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer and encourages good sleep, movement, and nutrition as part of overall wellbeing. She sometimes shares stories about her dog Boomer during telehealth work to lighten the conversation.
Online approaches that focus on action and connection
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and commit to small, meaningful actions. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and when someone feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and shifting behaviors with practical exercises to reduce symptoms and build more helpful routines. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people recognize and change those patterns for better interaction.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they adapt approaches and try strategies that fit the person’s life and needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and real-time feedback. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates, get coaching between sessions, or use written check-ins that fit a busy schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Colorado, Iowa, Florida, Texas
- Languages
- English