I am here to support your professional growth. Professional development is a life-long process. I tend to gear my supervision discussions toward enhancing the budding therapists’ skills, providing a firm foundation of professional training, developing a strong alliance with the therapist supervisee and assisting them in making linkages between the knowledge they have obtained in the classroom and their experiences in the field while guiding their ongoing professional development. I believe it is a collaborative process.
Supervision is only successful if it is done jointly by the supervisor and supervisee together.
A collaborative approach invites the co-creation of an environment where a development of trust and honest, open communication can occur. If supervisees are able to view supervision as a learning partnership, it has the potential to help reduce unnecessary stress, enhance learning through transparency and openness to feedback, and empower the supervisee. My collaborative style also allows the supervisee to take growth-oriented risks and communicate honestly with me.
My strong belief is that this can positively impact clinical work and their clients. I feel it is my responsibility as a supervisor to model mindful transparency and respectful honest communication during the process to build self-awareness and reduce the anxiety on both of our parts.