Supervision
I focus on giving you the freedom to try different theories and interventions as you start your path towards becoming a therapist and gradually building confidence about your style of counseling.
I enjoy creating the space you need to be your own self and don't impose any theories or interventions, although at times I can make suggestions or invitations of theories or interventions to use if you think it would be beneficial for your work as a counselor.
Possible stages of supervision:
Stage One: This stage is where the relationship between supervisor and supervisee is defined.
Stage Two: This stage is where strengths become more obvious and it is a moment where you can develop some more confidence in your abilities and gain some degree of autonomy.
Stage Three: This stage is where you can start to feel consolidation of your skills as a counselor and become considerably more aware of all of your abilities.
Stage Four: This stage is where you can have a sense of mastery about your competence as a counselor.
Establishing Trust
During the supervision experience you are invited to build a positive learning alliance which can naturally led to a trustworthy and supportive environment during supervision sessions.
Supervisory Identity Development
My goal is for you to be able to create your own Counselor Self Efficacy.
Through the supervision process you can expect to shed light on your strengths. I tap on your self reflection, triggering your potential by helping you exercise with self examination of assumptions, patterns and interactions during your counseling sessions. During supervision sessions we frequently reconstruct counseling experiences multiple times so you can find the best way to work with your client understanding your role in their healing process.
I pay attention to any possible initial novice aspects such as: Guilt, anxiety, perfectionism, confusion, anger or any other aspects that could intrinsically be brought to the sessions with patients. It is essential to address this issues through out supervision so that you can develop/strengthen your counselor skills.
Mastery of your skills
Whatever skill you hope to develop, learning something new takes practice, practice. And yes, more practice. And whether it’s learning to play the guitar, the piano or how to counsel people, there are different stages one must journey through in skill development–The final being “The Master”–someone who’s unconsciously competent. I would like to work with you until your "craft" comes naturally to you and you don't have to think about it. Snap. It just happens!