Good psychotherapists are very curious, and continually pose themselves questions — questions about theory, and questions about practice.
Theory: “How do I understand this?” What is my theory of how this person’s suffering began, how is it maintained, and what are my beliefs about how people change? How would my client answer these questions? And, especially: What is happening, right now, in the session?
Practice: “What might I do?” Given my understanding, what are my options? How do I conduct a course of therapy for this person and, most urgently during a session, what is my next move? What might I try now that could be helpful?
Theory exists to support the therapist in their work. Theory brings structure and clarity to what can seem like a confusion — or even a chaotic eruption — of thought, feeling, and behavior. And theory helps to translate our understanding into appropriate, ethical, and helpful therapeutic practice.
While there are a great variety of appealing theories available to the clinician, I believe it can be quite organizing to be supervised from a specific theoretical perspective — and, if possible, to join a cohort of people learning a similar approach to the work. This allows the clinician to muster a significant degree of competence in a particular area without being diverted toward other, perfectly good but possibly contradictory, directions.
At GETME, I supervise from the perspective of humanistic/experiential therapy. In particular, I mean Client-Centered Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Focusing, Emotion-Focused Therapy, and Psychodrama. These approaches share philosophical assumptions about personhood, the causes of suffering, and what processes might be helpful — though they can differ in the interventions they offer to engender these processes.
I run supervision groups that meet 6-8 times during each “trimester” (Fall/Winter/Spring). I have an in-person group that meets Thursdays from 1 to 2:30; and an online meetings on Fridays (Zoom) from 1-2:30. Please contact me if you are interested in joining us.
At this time, I am not taking on new, conditionally licensed therapists for individual supervision. If you’d like to work with me, I encourage you to consider one of my supervision groups. I do offer one-off consultation for clinicians who can use this support.
Fees:
Individual Consultation
- $185/hour
Group Supervision/Consultation
- $35 for each 90-minute group meeting.
Consultation in Action
This consultation uses action methods to work through questions of theory & practice, ethics, safety, and professional conduct. Action methods include role-play, role-reversal, doubling, mirroring, soliloquy, interview, etc. It’s fun, it’s community building, and it’s a great way to learn. If you’re interested, or have any questions, please contact me.
- Sliding scale of $25-50.00 for each 1.5 hour meeting.