“The supervisory alliance is a partnership between the supervisor and supervisee devoted to the learning and growth of the therapist supervisee, where there is a strong bond of care, respect, and trust.”
In clinical supervision and consultation, I’m interested in helping you grow into the clinician you want to be. I’ll help you layout the tools, approaches, modalities, etc. that resonate with you so that they’re readily available when they would benefit your clients. I am also focused on more process-oriented conversations about transference and countertransference, or how the client and therapist’s personalities and histories interact in the therapeutic relationship. I’m attentive to issues of power and authority, both within the supervisory relationship and within therapeutic relationships with clients. In attachment theory language, my hope is to serve as a safe haven and a secure base for you as you learn, explore and grow as a therapist.
I’m a geek about somatic approaches to trauma and attachment wounding, and I draw heavily from Internal Family Systems concepts and techniques in my work as a therapist. I’ve also been studying systems of oppression and ways to interrupt them since I came out as queer at a women’s college over 25 years ago. Much of my clinical work has been focused on supporting clients and their families as they navigate challenges related to gender and sexuality. This has included queer, transgender and non-binary clients and their parents and partners. As a supervisor, I enjoy supporting clinicians who share these passions (or identities) and who are new to the field, looking to incorporate at an anti-oppression framework into their practice, and/or transitioning into private practice. I’m particularly interested in supporting clinicians living and working in the South. I provide supervision to associate-licensed social workers seeking licensure in North Carolina, as well as brief or ongoing consultation to licensed clinicians regardless of location.
Here are some of the theories and modalities I’m most familiar with and use most often:
Attachment Theory
Somatic Approaches to Healing from Trauma (Advanced training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, continuing education from the Strozzi Institute)
Internal Family Systems
EMDR (I’m still very much a novice in this powerful modality, but do weave it into my work.)
Interpersonal Neurobiology
Intersectional Queer & Feminist Theories
Yoga & Mindfulness-Based Practices
You can see a full list of training I’ve received on the About page of this website.
I am accepting inquiries for clinical supervision for LCSWAs in North Carolina, as well as consultation to fully-licensed social workers, counselors and therapists located anywhere. If you are interested in clinical supervision or consultation, please fill out the form below. All supervision and consultation meetings are held virtually.
“[T]he best way to find out how people feel about their gender or their sexuality - or anything else, really - is to listen to what they tell you, and try to treat them accordingly, without shellacking over their version of reality with yours.”