Online clinical supervision
Supervision that develops the therapist and the person
Clinical skill and human development cannot be separated for long. Supervision attends to conceptualization and intervention, while also examining the therapist’s regulation, differentiation, observer capacity, relational patterns, and use of self.
The supervision relationship
The therapist is an instrument of change
People change partly because something coherent is present in the room. The therapist’s own nervous system, attachment patterns, automaticities, values, strengths, wounds, and ways of making meaning all participate in the clinical system.
Supervision makes that participation more legible. The aim is not a perfected therapist. It is a clinician with more range, more congruence, and more freedom to respond to the person in front of them.
Professional credentials
- AAMFT Approved Supervisor
- AAMFT Clinical Fellow
- Colorado Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor
- Former postgraduate MFT instructor and Executive Director
What the work can include
Clinical competence within a larger developmental process
The structure adapts to the clinician, the setting, the stage of development, and the requirements governing the supervision.
Conceptualization
Mapping symptoms, relationships, development, context, embodiment, and the adaptive logic holding a pattern in place.
Use of self
Examining how the therapist’s history, regulation, roles, defenses, and relational expectations enter the room.
Experiential learning
Immediacy, role play, enactment, somatic awareness, and applied practice that moves beyond discussion alone.
Clinical judgment
Differentiating soothing from growth, recognizing limits, working ethically, and choosing interventions proportionate to the system.
Relational capacity
Attachment, boundaries, conflict, emotional reciprocity, feedback, and the therapist’s capacity to remain present under pressure.
Professional development
Identity as a therapist, practice decisions, leadership, sustainability, and the broader ecology of clinical work.
Experience in therapist education
Teaching, supervision, and program leadership
I taught Couples I and Use of Self in the Denver Family Institute’s postgraduate marriage and family therapy program. I later served for five years as Executive Director, with responsibility for the accredited training program, community psychotherapy clinic, curriculum development, faculty and staff leadership, student services, and the work that culminated in successful reaccreditation.
Becoming a therapist and becoming a person are part of the same process.
Who supervision may serve
Supervision is available for developing and practicing therapists, including marriage and family therapy and professional counseling candidates when the arrangement fits applicable board and training requirements. Prospective supervisees remain responsible for confirming that a supervisor and supervision plan meet the rules governing their credential.
Structure and fees
Individual and group structures may be possible depending on current availability and professional requirements. Contact me directly to discuss the setting, developmental needs, frequency, documentation, and fee before deciding whether the arrangement is a fit.
Begin with the actual requirements
A short email describing your credential, training setting, and supervision needs gives us a clear place to begin.