Get-to-know-you: Jennifer Given-Helms, LICSW

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…”

June 2025 Clinical Supervision Topic: Anti-Oppressive Practice and Trauma-Informed Care

June 2025 Clinical Supervision Topic: Anti-Oppressive Practice and Trauma-Informed Care

Get-to-know-you: Emma Martinez, LCSW

Get-to-know-you: Emma Martinez, LCSW

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