Clinical Social Work Training

Kayla Jablonski is a 1^st year post-grad fellow in the adult psychiatry clinic, working with the perinatal psychiatry team. She graduated from Grand Valley State University in 2021 where she majored in psychology and minored in criminal justice and Spanish. She went on to complete her master’s in social work from the University of Michigan, focusing on interpersonal practice in Integrated Health, mental health, and substance abuse. During her master’s program, she interned at Michigan Medicine outpatient psychiatry where she worked on the perinatal and reproductive psychiatry team and served as a clinician for psychotherapy. Since graduating, she has stayed on as a social work fellow to continue her work with perinatal psychiatry and to learn more about her clinical interests. She has completed mentorships in Cognitive Behavioral therapy, substance use, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Some of Kayla’s clinical learning interests include trauma focused work, couples/family therapy, and art therapy. She is very excited to continue to learn the complexities of adult mental health and expand the clinical care she provides.

Jayce Plantenberg is a first-year Post Graduate Fellow with a dual appointment in both the Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic’s Depression Team and the Comprehensive Gender Services Program (CGSP). Within CGSP, Jayce works closely with gender diverse individuals considering or pursuing gender-affirming medical care by providing evaluations, letters of support for surgery, and individual gender-affirming psychotherapy. They are the first Post Graduate Fellow to inhabit this new dual appointment. Jayce’s current clinical interests include the intersections of gender roles and mental health, trauma-informed therapy practices, neurodivergence, and the power of human relationships.

Jayce received their Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Theatre Arts from the University of Northern Colorado in 2022, then completed their MSW at the University of Michigan in 2023. Before their master’s degree, Jayce worked as a Behavioral Health Counselor at Eating Recovery Center in Denver, CO providing direct care for patients in inpatient and residential treatment as they recovered from severe eating disorders. They completed their graduate internship within the Department of Psychiatry in the Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinic, where they completed mentorship training in Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Child-Parent Psychotherapy. As a fellow they have participated in further training in both IPT, CBT, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Janelis Turner received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. During this time, she was part of multiple research labs including the Learning Lab and the Infant Cognition Lab at UofM. She was also involved in working/volunteering at preschools and high schools working with children in different capacities. She has always had an interest working with children and especially those from marginalized communities since her main goal in life is to help those from her own community and others that have gone through hardships especially within the mental health field. Janelis obtained her Master of Social Work in 2022 from the University of Michigan with a focus on Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, & Substance Abuse. As an intern, she practiced under a private practice and in a team building program called Adventure Leadership at UofM, where she learned how to implement adventure and eco-therapy with individual and group settings. As a Post Grad Fellow, Janelis has ventured into working within the Perinatal and Reproductive Clinic and continues to work with children and adolescents. She is providing both individualized and group therapy. Janelis' clinical interest include ADHD, anxiety disorders, and trauma-informed care, and connections between mental health and nature. 

Lauren Wohltjen received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Michigan State University. After graduating, she worked in a community-based, short-term residential treatment facility, providing court-involved adolescent females with rehabilitative and family reunification services. Lauren also worked at the Mary A. Rackham Institute in an administrative support role. She completed her Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan with a focus on Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse in 2023. During her MSW, she did an internship within Michigan Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry with children and adolescents, with a particular focus on CBT for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. During her internship, she also had training and experience in several other evidence-based psychotherapies. As a Social Work Fellow, Lauren will be a part of the Child Anxiety Team. Her clinical interests include anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and trauma-informed care. Lauren enjoys using a variety of modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).