• My approach integrates current research in complex trauma, attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, and neuroscience while maintaining a strong emphasis on authenticity, therapeutic presence, and the healing power of the therapeutic relationship.

• We will work together to understand the mechanisms underlying a client's distress and develop treatment plans that are phase-based and responsive to each person's nervous system, developmental history, strengths, and goals. Supervision is collaborative rather than hierarchical. My role is to help you think critically, expand your case conceptualization skills, strengthen your confidence, and develop an approach to counseling that feels both clinically effective and authentically your own.

• I primarily work with adults and provide supervision for associates working with adults.

• The following topic are my clinical strengths and those in which I am best able to support your development.

  • Complex PTSD and developmental or relational trauma

  • Attachment wounds

  • Dissociation

  • Emotional abuse, neglect, and chronic invalidation

  • Anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions

  • Neurodivergence, including ADHD and autism

  • Identity development and self-concept

  • Religious trauma and spiritual abuse

  • Political trauma and minority stress

  • Decolonizing and liberation psychology frameworks

  • Supporting clients transpersonal, spiritual, or mystical experiences

  • Reducing counselor burnout, compassion fatigue, and improving self-care

• One of my primary areas of specialization is helping clinicians develop comprehensive, phase-based treatment plans for clients with complex presentations. Many graduate counseling programs teach diagnosis and interventions separately. In supervision, we bridge that gap by learning how to organize treatment across the entire course of counseling rather than selecting interventions session by session.

• Phase-Based Treatment Plans include the following:

  • Stabilization

  • Early Coherence

  • Trauma Reprocessing

  • Integration

• Using this model, together we explore:

  • Trauma-informed case conceptualization

  • Differential diagnosis and diagnostic complexity

  • Exploring what is underneath the symptoms

    • Trauma, Neurodivergence

    • Determining readiness for trauma processing

  • Identifying treatment targets and sequencing interventions

  • Deepening competence with teaching nervous system stabilization skills

  • Building confidence in knowing when to move to deeper processing

  • Measuring progress throughout treatment

  • Adapting treatment when clients become overwhelmed or stuck

• This framework helps clinicians feel more confident working with clients presenting with multiple diagnoses, chronic trauma, emotion dysregulation, dissociation, attachment injuries, and complex clinical presentations

• I enjoy helping associates move beyond "one-size-fits-all" counseling by learning how to thoughtfully integrate multiple evidence-based approaches. Depending on your interests and training, supervision may incorporate discussion of:

  • Somatic approaches to nervous system regulation

  • Polyvagal-informed interventions

  • Mindfulness and interpersonal neurobiology

  • Sensorimotor and body-based stabilization strategies

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) concepts and parts work

  • EMDR case conceptualization and treatment planning*

  • Attachment-informed counseling

  • Memory reconsolidation and trauma processing

  • Gestalt and Existential frameworks

  • Creative experiential counseling interventions

  • Therapist use of self within the therapeutic relationship

• Rather than simply teaching techniques, we focus on understanding why interventions work, when they are appropriate, and how to thoughtfully adapt them to the individual client sitting in front of you.

*Please note that my clinical supervision does not replace formal EMDR training or EMDR consultation required for certification. Supervisees wanting support on EMDR should have completed EMDR Basic Training Level II, and must understand I am not a formal EMDR supervisor for your EMDR certification process.

• Clinical supervision is also a place to develop the counselor behind the techniques. Many associates struggle with perfectionism, imposter syndrome, anxiety about making mistakes, or uncertainty when clients do not improve as expected.

• These experiences are common and deserve thoughtful exploration rather than criticism. And, I will also gently challenge you to do your own work so that you can sit with other people’s darkness without running away. This can sometimes be uncomfortable, but it is necessary to be an effective clinician.

• Supervision may challenge you to:

  • Build confidence in clinical decision-making

  • Navigate difficult therapeutic relationships

  • Work through rupture and repair

  • Engage in ethical decision-making

  • Manage your own dysregulated nervous system when clients disclose difficult things

  • Explore countertransference and built self-awareness

  • Develop therapeutic presence and distress tolerance

  • Explore your own values and belief systems to find an approach that aligns with who you are

  • Engage with your own therapeutic work, as we can only take clients as far as we have gone ourselves

• Individual supervision is offered via HIPAA compliant telehealth for Registered LPC Associates throughout Oregon. In addition to discussing clinical cases, supervision may include review of video of your sessions, documentation, ethical decision-making, treatment planning, professional development, licensure requirements, and strategies for building confidence in working with increasingly complex clinical presentations.

• I believe quality clinical supervision should be accessible while recognizing the financial realities many associates experience early in their careers. Supervision is offered on an income-based sliding scale ranging from:

• $100 per session for associates with limited income or significant financial need to $175 for associates in full-time agency employment with no financial hardship. We can discuss a fee that feels appropriate during our initial consultation.

• Choosing a clinical supervisor is one of the most important professional decisions you will make during your associate years. The supervisory relationship should be one where you feel safe asking difficult questions, challenged to think more deeply, and supported as you develop your own professional identity. If you are looking for supervision that is collaborative, complex trauma-informed, neuroscience-informed, and grounded in both research and authentic therapeutic presence, I would be happy to schedule a consultation to discuss your goals, answer your questions, and determine whether we would be a good fit to work together.