
Clinical Supervision
When the time comes to begin your LPC supervision,
You want your supervisor to have ample experience in a variety of fields, but you also want someone with whom you mesh well – both personally and philosophically.
I have a decade of experience working in community mental health, and coming up on 8 years working with patients in my private practice. After graduating from Oklahoma City University in 2012, I received my LPC supervision while working at NorthCare where I was trained in multiple evidence-based models of psychotherapy. I worked both as an admin and clinical supervisor while at NorthCare, discovering my love for mentorship and teaching.
After launching my own private practice, I pursued post-graduate training in relational psychodynamic therapy and received a certification through the Contemporary Psychodynamic Institute. I continue to look for ways to grow and learn, forever grateful to be a part of someone’s journey of self-discovery and wholeness.
I hope you'll consider working with me towards completing your required supervision hours.
Model of Supervision
I mainly use a Relational Psychodynamic model of supervision, but also draw on other integrative approaches because no one theory or set of counseling techniques contains all the truth.
Relational Psychodynamic Therapy and Supervision is rooted in depth psychology and in the understanding that we are formed in relationship, harmed in relationship, and healed in relationship. This modality encourages the development of the self of the therapist, clinical creativity, a focus on emotional responses, and the subjectivity of both therapist and patient.
Let’s talk about supervision.
Definition of clinical supervision:
"An intervention provided by a more senior member of a profession to a more junior member or members of that same profession. This relationship is evaluative, extends over time, and has the simultaneous purpose of enhancing the professional functioning of the more junior person(s), monitoring the quality of professional services offered to the client, and serving as a gatekeeper for the profession."
(Bernard & Goodyear, 1998; p 6)