January 2023 Clinical Supervision Topic: Goal Consensus
What are your goals for your clients? What do you hope they get out of working with you? Which direction do you hope they move in? How do you hope they experience your sessions together?
December 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Setting Expectations
Here’s what I want for you. I want you to see yourself as an appreciative ally, a co-conspirator, a fellow traveler and all the other roles we take, yes…but I also want you to see yourself as a leader. And in particular, the leader in any clinical interactions you have.
November 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Cultural and Identity Adaptation
Something to keep in mind as we go about assessing, diagnosing, and treatment planning, is the importance of adapting our work to our client’s culture and identity. Irvin Yalom believed we should create a new treatment for every single client, and I kind of agree.
October 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Diagnosing
My goal for this month is that you are able to navigate the system which exists, including the system of assessing and diagnosing with the DSM. I also hope you’re able to critically think about it, know its flaws and shortcomings, and be able to discern when it’s a help or hindrance for your client.
September 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Self-Compassion
Our work is incredibly vulnerable. With this comes the opportunity for connection and deep, meaningful healing (for ourselves and others); but it also can bring up old wounds, self-criticism/judging, the risk of emotional exposure and everything else. The antidote? Self-compassion.
August 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Eliciting Feedback
It’s your turn to reflect on how well you are eliciting feedback, and what your own beliefs are with it.
July 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Therapist Effects
You know, YOU have a huge effect on the outcomes your clients experience. Let’s look at the factors that put the odds in your favor, including figuring out who you work best with, and improving your own deliberate practice.
June 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Anti-Racism and Liberation
How do you learn about oppression, privilege and power? What are your go-to resources? I hope you’ll come to group ready to share at least a blurb from a favorite resource.
May 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Congruence and Genuineness
Congruence is often something that is socialized out of us starting in middle school (or sooner), and definitely in grad school. So it’s wonderful to know that practicing it makes us better at what we do, and make our client’s outcomes much more achievable. It’s an invitation, permission, to show up more fully as our selves as it relates to and serves the client.
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We’re shaking up how we do our consultation work. Read on for a bit more guidance.
April 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Unconditional Positive Regard
What kind of atmosphere do you help create for your client? Let’s brush up on this together.