psychodynamic clinical supervision
for psychologists & health professionals
My style of supervision is relational without sacrificing pragmatic help. It suits therapists who wish to be able to speak freely in supervision, not only about their patients, but about the personal experiences, feelings and ideas that influence, inform, and even intrude on their work.
My aspiration is that supervisees feel respected as my colleagues, and deeply supported in the process of ongoing initiation into their own expertise and influence in the profession. I find immense satisfaction in supporting therapists to uncover their unique gifts and flair in their work, to acknowledge and understand their feelings and reactions to their patients without guilt, and to feel confident and calm sitting with patients of all kinds.
who i supervise
My supervisees are helping professionals of all kinds - often psychologists, but also social workers, psychiatrists, mental health OTs, and counsellors. They are typically highly sensitive and conscientious, and at a stage in their careers where they are looking for support integrating the concepts (and constraints) of their earlier training with real-world practice, and their own particular personality, life experience, and nature.
Supervisees often reach out to me for supervision with these kinds of aspirations:
Finding confidence in their own personal clinical style and decision-making compass;
Learning about or deepen their understanding of psychodynamic/psychoanalytic thinking;
Dealing with strong feelings and reactions (positive and negative) towards patients, and utilising these to understand these people more deeply;
Thinking more broadly about themselves and their own experiences and beliefs as a means of understanding what they bring to the therapy room;
Addressing or mitigating burnout to ensure their longevity in the profession;
Transitioning into their own private practice;
Navigating broader issues of career and professional and personal identity, or with the institution of their profession more broadly.
for psychologists
There is still a surprising amount that research has yet to reveal about how and why good supervision works. But all psychologists I know would attest to how impactful having a really good (or a really bad) supervisor is. Our work is a complex, rigorous, vulnerable process that draws from very personal, human places within us. This makes having the right guides and companions ever more essential to the practice of our craft, and our own longevity and wellbeing within our profession. I offer my services as a supervisor to fellow psychologists from a place of deep respect for this reality.
I am a Board-approved Supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia, and am also qualified to provide principal supervision for clinical psychology registrars. I do not currently have the capacity to provide supervision for psychologists in a 4+2 or 5+1 internship program.
“Most of our heartbreak comes from attempting to name who or what we love and the way we love, too early in the vulnerable journey of discovery.”