Jennifer Jenkins

Jennifer Bell Jenkins recieved her PhD in Counselor Education & Supervision from Capella University. She received her MAEd in Counselor Education from Virginia Tech. She currently serves as contributing faculty in the School of Counseling for Walden University. Dr. Jenkins will be teaching in a variety of counselor education courses. She has previously taught Theories of Counseling, Counseling Strategies, Couples & Family Counseling, Group Counseling, MultiCultural Counseling, and many other counseling courses at other universities. Professionally, Dr. Jenkins has worked as a licensed School Counselor, Intensive In-Home Counselor and currently maintains a private practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). She also maintains a Registered Play Therapist credential (RPT) and maintains a Board-Certified Telemental Health (BC-TMH) certification. She has published in the International Journal of Play Therapy and has presented at mutliple conferences on disability and autism spectrum disorders.

Education

PhD, Capella University

MEd, Virginia Tech

MBA, Averett University

BS, Old Dominion University

Public Service

One Child Center for Autism, Board Member -

Publications

Jenkins, J. Confronting counselors' hesitancy to work with autism.. Counseling Today

Jenkins, J. (2023). LPC's and state-certified counselors' percpetions of utilizing play therapy with autism spectrum disorder. . International Journal of Play Therapy

Presentations

Jenkins, J. (2024). Ethical implications & solutions for transportation equity for individuals with disabilities.

Jenkins, J. (2024). Post-secondary considerations for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.

Jenkins, J., Wingfield, C. (2023). What is it like to be me? Real-life Bi-Polar.

Jenkins, J. (2022). Who,what, when, why, & how: Counseling with children/teens with autism spectrum disorder.