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.
Create Your Own Case Consultation Form
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.
March Clinical Supervision Topic: Therapeutic Alliance
Two things I want to know: how do *you* define therapeutic alliance? And how do you measure the quality of alliance/relationship you have with each client?
February 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Accurate Empathy
Accurate empathy is one of the common factors. Let’s discuss how to use it, when to use it and how to improve our delivery of it.
January 2022 Clinical Supervision Topic: Goal Consensus
What do you want for your clients? It’s so important to reflect on goal consensus, because it’s often where things can go awry, and also where alliance can quickly be built (or re-built).
LCSW ASWB Exam Preparation Resources
I run monthly clinical supervision groups focused on the ASWB LCSW exam. Check out the resources we use.
December 2021 Clinical Supervision Topic: Expectations
How does your client explain their problem? How do they expect the work you do together will help? Let’s explore expectations together.
November 2021 Clinical Supervision Topic: Cultural and Identity Adaptation
We’re digging in a bit more to understand our client’s identities and cultures, in order to more effectively adapt our approach.