Get-to-know-you: Jennifer Given-Helms, LICSW
A fun Q&A with Jennifer! Learn more about her here, and schedule a consultation!
Supervision Blog Questions:
Q: If you could sum up your supervision style in 3 words, what would they be?
A: Compassionate, Honest, Playful
Q: What’s something you remember vividly from your own clinical supervision as a new therapist?
A: Having someone reflect back my strengths to me
Q: What are you most passionate about helping supervisees discover or unlearn?
A: How to do this work sustainably. This is big, beautiful, deeply challenging work.
Q: What do you wish more new therapists knew about clinical work?
A: We bring our whole selves into the room, and that is the biggest gift.
Q: What’s one topic you secretly love geeking out about in supervision?
A: Sex-positivity
Q: What kind of clients or clinical material light you up the most? (e.g., identity work, relational trauma, teens, grief, neurodivergence)
A: Teens and identity work, healing from complex trauma
Q: Coffee shop order or comfort drink of choice?
A: Salted Caramel Latte with oat milk
Q: What’s your go-to mood-lifter when you’ve had a hard therapy day?
A: A walk in the trees
Complete the sentence: “Supervision with me feels like The Empress Card…”