About WisePractice Institute
Where Passion Meets Practice. Where Wisdom Leads the Way.
WisePractice Institute was born from a shared passion for ethical, relational, and transformative learning. Founded by long-time colleagues and friends Chelsea Fielder-Jenks and DeLinda Spain, WisePractice blends wisdom, experience, and heart to create continuing education that inspires mental health professionals to grow with intention and integrity.
Our Story
Nearly 15 years ago, a graduate student named Chelsea reached out to a seasoned clinician named DeLinda. Chelsea was seeking a practicum site and found herself welcomed into the Eating Disorder Treatment Center DeLinda had co-founded. From that moment, a profound professional relationship began to take root—one built on mentorship, mutual respect, and a shared vision for what effective, relational, and ethical clinical work could look like.
Through the years, Chelsea continued to seek DeLinda's guidance in individual and group consultation. What started as a student-supervisor dynamic evolved into a professional partnership grounded in complementary strengths and a shared calling to support and elevate fellow clinicians. The seeds of WisePractice Institute were sown in these years of collaboration—both women recognizing a need for high-quality supervision training that is not only evidence-based but deeply relational and rooted in lived clinical wisdom as well as the passion for the clinical work that they both share.
Meet DeLinda
DeLinda Spain is a deeply respected clinician, gifted educator, and passionate leader with more than two decades of experience in the Austin mental health community. A graduate of the University of Texas School of Social Work, DeLinda has dedicated her career to advancing the field through service, supervision, and global training initiatives.
She has completed intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, studied at the Center for Group Studies in New York City, and is a Certified Group Psychotherapist by the American Group Psychotherapy Association and has been a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist by the International Association of Eating Disorder Specialists. Her work has taken her across borders—presenting on group psychotherapy in Russia and Romania—and across stages, speaking at international conferences. DeLinda has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Texas MSW program. In various educational and clinical leadership positions spanning her career, DeLinda has mentored hundreds of therapists with a warmth, wisdom, and clarity that leaves a lasting imprint. Whether she’s leading a consultation, training a group, or guiding a new supervisor, DeLinda brings deep insight and steady support.
Meet Chelsea
Chelsea Fielder-Jenks is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Consultant, and Perinatal Mental Health Certified clinician. She is the founder of Healgood Holistic Counseling Center in Austin, where she leads a team dedicated to providing compassionate, evidence-based care through a holistic, trauma-informed, and relational lens.
Chelsea specializes in eating disorders, perinatal mental health, and clinical supervision, and is a devoted advocate for ethical practice and clinician well-being. Her expertise has been featured in WebMD, ScaryMommy, Fatherly, Eating Disorder Hope, and Addiction Hope. As a presenter at local, state, regional, national and international conferences, she brings both clinical expertise and heartfelt insight into her trainings. Chelsea has also served as Education Chair for two non-profits — Central Texas Eating Disorder Specialists and the Association for Size Diversity and Health, where she brought regular, innovative continuing education events to community members. She is a committed mentor to new clinicians, weaving ethics, depth, and authenticity into every aspect of her work.