MALVERN — Healthy Connections, Inc., welcomes Tisha Jenkins, LCSW, to our Malvern and Arkadelphia locations.

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Jenkins will be a part of Healthy Connections’ expanded Behavioral Health Services. She will provide emotional support, mental health evaluations, therapy, and case management services to people experiencing psychological, emotional, medical, social and/or familial challenges.

Jenkins, who lives in Malvern, earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

She will see patients at the Healthy Connections Malvern clinic (1517 South Main St.) from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays; and at the Arkadelphia clinic (3034 A Pine St.) on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jenkins will also see patients as part of a new partnership with the College of the Ouachitas in Malvern on Wednesdays.

Jenkins has provided treatment for individuals with serious mental illness, adjustment disorders, depression, ADHD, and anxiety for the past eight years. In the past two years, she has focused on geriatrics, mental illness and potential candidates for foster/adoptive parents.

To schedule an appointment, contact the Malvern clinic at 501-332-7525 or the Arkadelphia clinic at 870-230-1280. To learn more about Healthy Connections’ Behavioral Health program, please visit www.healthy-connections.org/bh.

Healthy Connections, Inc., was founded in 1998 as a home visiting program and now operates nine clinics throughout Southwest Arkansas. Depending on location, services include primary and preventative medical care, general dentistry, pediatrics, behavioral health, physical therapy and cardiology.