Jessica Taylor-Pickford, LCSW, IMH-E® (Mentor Clinical)
Jessica is a private practice reflective supervisor and serves as the Infant Mental Health Endorsement® Coordinator for the North Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association (NCIMHA). She graduated from Smith College School of Social Work in 2011 and spent many years working directly with young children and their families in a variety of roles and settings. Jessica is an infant mental health endorsed professional, which recognizes her experience engaging in culturally responsive, relationship based work with young children (ages 0-3) and their families, as well as her expertise providing reflective supervision to professionals within the infant and early childhood mental health field.
Currently, Jessica provides reflective supervision to individuals and groups (locally and via distance technology), supporting supervisees in shifting the ways in which they view, wonder about, consider, understand, and respond to the pregnant women, infants, young children, and families whom they serve. Additionally, Jessica is supporting NCIMHA in launching Infant Mental Health Endorsement® across North Carolina. As a part of this work, she is engaging with systems, agencies, and early childhood professionals to prepare and support an early childhood workforce that is able to identify, prevent, and meet the mental health needs of infants, toddlers, young children and their families.
