Jennifer Fitkin

Jennifer Fitkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 20 years of clinical experience. Based in Iowa, she brings a broad background in mental health care across multiple populations and settings.

She holds licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Utah, Colorado, Texas, and Florida, and as a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) in Iowa. Her listed credentials include TX LCSW 115783 and CO LCSW CSW.09928495. Jennifer earned both a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from the University of Northern Iowa.

Her clinical experience spans girls' residential treatment, community programs serving foster care and juvenile justice youth, and work in a men’s medium-security prison focused on rehabilitation and reintegration. Over the course of her career she has served in roles including therapist, clinical supervisor, deputy senior clinician, senior clinician, and Clinical Director of a residential treatment facility that specialized in attachment issues.

Jennifer’s professional development includes advanced training in Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Schema Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and the Good Lives Model (GLM). She uses a strengths-based approach, drawing primarily from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing within the GLM framework, and she provides therapy to individuals, families, and groups.

Outside of clinical work she values outdoor pursuits such as travel, hiking, paddleboarding, backpacking, and camping, and she is a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer who emphasizes the link between sleep, movement, and nutrition and overall well-being. Her dog Boomer formerly joined in-person sessions in Utah and still makes occasional guest appearances during telehealth sessions.