I am an Approved Clinical Supervisor Candidate with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and have over five years of experience supervising clinical counsellors and social workers in publicly-funded healthcare settings. I welcome registered professionals who are looking for supervision to book a consultation to see if we are a good fit. Please note I am not taking practicum students at this moment in time.
Supervisor Disclosure Statement
I am excited to have the opportunity to get to know you and support your clinical development as a counsellor/psychotherapist. Just like our relationship with our clients, it’s essential that there is a good fit between a supervisor and a supervisee so we can both reap positive benefits from the process.
My Approach and Philosophies
Central to my counselling practice is the lived and living experience of having a mental illness and living well with it. The supervision I provide is grounded in this lived experience of the mental health system and will continuously ask you to question your practices and their histories. Intersectionality, power, and privilege are often quiet travelers and it is our job to make sure they are announced at the front door before our clients settle in for their sessions. If you want someone to call you in (rather than call out) and support your practice through tangible steps, then you have come to the right place.
I believe everyone has the capacity to thrive with the right supports and work within a subjectivist framework of dialectics and multiplicity of truth. My chosen tools come from the following modalities: Dialectical behaviour therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, internal family systems, acceptance and commitment therapy, solution focused therapy, and various somatic therapy approaches. I ask all my clients to set goals for therapy using a pragmatic lens to orient clients to tangible steps they can take to achieve their goals.
Additional lenses in which I practice include being trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and utilizing harm reduction strategies. I honour the wisdom inherent in each individual and strive to co-create a space to empower every client’s lived and living experience.