Jenny Helms-Calvin | Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Jenny Helms-Calvin | Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Falling In Love With Wichita - Episode 105 - Wichita Chamber Business Accelerator - Jenny Helms-Calvin
Jenny Helms-Calvin, Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist (LCMFT), is passionate and ambitious about her business. She founded SOMA Therapy, the largest mental health practice in Kansas, with more than 50 mental health providers. She and her husband, Kyle, also recently acquired New Perspectives, another Wichita mental health practice that has been in Wichita for 10 years and has 20 mental health providers. She also enjoys spreading mental health and trauma awareness on social media. She has a TikTok following of more than 230K subscribers. Her areas of interest & advocacy include: relationship trauma, self-worth, eating disorders, and mental health in the workplace and for high performers.
On this episode we discuss:
● A brand-new acquisition of New Perspectives
● Thinking about the business first, even as a licensed therapist
● The initial business launch being messy, but how growth got started
● Focusing on marketing early on
● How important healthy workplace relationships are
● Moving from Atlanta to Wichita and having a bad attitude (initially) and how her
perspective changed with time
● Being intentional about how you work and it creating a “labor of love”
● The higher levels of mental care needed in Wichita
● Being willing to pick up the phone and respond to messages because it’s hard to ask
for help and not get a response
● How mental health trends are changing in our culture
● We need more community instead of technology
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Wichita Chamber Business Accelerator is a weekly podcast devoted to supporting and learning from area business owners. Released every Wednesday, it's produced by Forge Podcast Co, managed by the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Evergy.
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