Individual & Group Supervision
Sustainability
Supervisors are kind and supportive. They join with their supervisees to work through tough clinical questions together. They’re also fonts of encouragement and learning. But most of all, they are there to refill the bucket that so often empties out in this line of work. My focus as a supervisor is for my supervisees to not only get their clinical questions answered and grow in their skills and professional development, but to remain energized and motivated to do the work.
As someone who’s built a career serving high-intensity populations, I gained an important perspective about the toll direct services can take on providers year-in and year-out. It’s often a hydra-headed problem: burnout, compassion fatigue, stretches where one may not feel motivated to grind it out anymore. I’ve felt these things too, because, like you, I’m human. I’ll help anticipate, identify, and work through these challenges together. I haven’t met you yet, but I already know you’re a competent social worker. That’s where I’ll start every conversation.
Skill Development
My entire career has been in the trenches working with a clinically complex and demanding client population, requiring a wide array of clinical skills to be effective. I’ve developed specialties in trauma, SUD, depression/anxiety, SMI interventions, and performing nuanced differential diagnosis. Sometimes I had the fortune of practicing within traditional psychotherapy parameters, but most the time I needing more creative approaches. I’m confident we’ll use our combined skills and creativity to tackle anything coming down the road.
I have specific clinical competencies in the following areas to support you or your staff:
Narrative Therapy
A clinical intervention that centers the client as the foremost expert of their life, separating their problems from perception of their self.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
A clinical intervention that explores and embraces the full range of a client’s thoughts and emotions so they can be approached without judgment or denial.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
A clinical intervention that helps people understand how their thoughts and feelings impact their behaviors.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
A clinical intervention that helps people with intense emotions manage and learn how to control them through cultivation of specific skills.
Crisis Intervention Team Certification (CIT)
Specific training in interventions during moments of personal crisis, acute mental health decompensation, and suicidal impulses.
Critical Time Intervention (CTI)
A time-limited intervention that mobilizes support during a client’s most vulnerable moments, especially during transitions.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
A future-focused brief, goal-oriented intervention focused on solutions rather than the problems a client may be facing.
Other Interventions and Assessments
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) to assess for Dementia
Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) to treat nightmares
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) for trauma processing
Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) an AA alternative for treating SUD needs
Columbia Protocol for suicide assessment