Cultivating clarity in clinical practice

Supervision Process, Structure, &
​Evaluation Process

I view supervision as an active, mindful, reflective, and collaborative process intended to advance the quality of my supervisees’ client care, improve supervisees’ clinical skills, and facilitate supervisees’ professional and personal growth. I provide clinical supervision and consultation for therapists across the arc of practice- from practica to seasoned practitioners refining the work of a long career. My supervisory work is rooted in relational/attachment theory and trauma-informed systems, with a commitment to the slow, careful, and collaborative development of clinical intuition. Supervision here is not just a box to check - it is a sustained professional relationship in service of better care. I move beyond the checklist of symptoms to understand the human at the center of the room - and the therapist sitting across from them. I value the pauses, the uncertainties, and the slow work of building a resilient, authentic clinical voice.

As a supervisee, you can expect to receive timely feedback of your clinical interventions and to have a supportive environment in which to explore your client-related concerns. You will be expected to be an active participant in the supervision process, to arrive on time, and to be prepared for each meeting. You will learn how to conduct case conceptualizations and will be expected to provide case presentations with an audio or a video recording of a session between you and one of your clients highlighting any issues you wish to discuss to get live feedback from myself and a group of your peers. The format for each meeting will include a holistic mindfulness check-in on the supervisee(s), space for any urgent client, professional development or licensure matters, and theoretical development activities. I encourage supervisees to ask questions, explore outcomes, address ethical and legal concerns, explore their own beliefs, values and worldviews, and to provide and receive feedback and suggestions on your therapeutic interventions with your peers. You will be provided with instructions for case conceptualizations and presentations as well as client demographic/identifying information for my records (supervision accountability).

Benefits include being capable of improving and/or supporting your counseling conceptualization and intervention skills, developing your professional identity, understanding the ethical and legal ramifications of client care, receiving consultation, and developing a deeper understanding of the self. Possible risks include discomfort arising from challenges to your counseling knowledge, abilities, and/or skills.  Each supervisee will also receive individual evaluative supervision sessions to track individual growth and provide space for more in depth and dedicated case presentations.  

To begin the supervisory relationship an interview will be conducted to gauge goodness of fit. Following the interview and offer of a contractual agreement, a supervision contract will be provided to the supervisee defining my supervisory roles and responsibilities and your expectations as a supervisee. Additionally, the contractual agreement will include the length of each supervision session, the time frame for the supervisory relationship and the fees for each session. This contract will be signed by the supervisor and supervisee [and in some cases when practicing directly under my business, the site director]; the original will be kept in the supervisor’s possession and a copy provided to the supervisee. Fees for supervision will be paid on or before the date of supervision prior to services being rendered. Payment may be made by credit card, cash, Zelle or Cash App (information will be provided to the supervisee upon signing the supervision contract).

At the end of your required supervision time interval, as defined in our contractual agreement and/or the amount of time needed to complete the supervised experience as defined by the licensing board (Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists), I will complete the forms provided by the licensing board that are necessary to verify supervision and report on your performance. In the event that you have not completed the required hours, require remediation processes, or have not sufficiently participated in the supervision process we will jointly and transparently discuss remediation processes, renewing, or extending the contractual agreement.

While formative evaluations will take place throughout the supervisory relationship a formal summative evaluation will occur at the end of each year of supervision in the form of the CCS-R. A blank copy of the evaluation will be provided with the signed contract for you to view and ask questions for clarification. The formal summative evaluation will take place during a planned individual supervision session.