Let's reflect and explore together with wonder and curiosity... A PACFA and AAOS accredited Clinical Supervisor, I aim to facilitate warm, culturally responsive and collaborative Group Supervision environments that nurture and sustain our wellbeing and vitality while fostering ethical practice. You can view and download the Group Supervision Guidelines at the end of this page.
Open membership trauma informed Clinical Supervision Groups are available for accredited counsellors and psychotherapists in private practice and community settings. Occasional Nurture Supervision Group sessions are available to all practitioners. I'm committed to providing affordable Individual and Group Supervision for self-funded therapists (PACFA Low Cost Group Supervisor).
Is your team or peer group looking for a culturally responsive and trauma informed Group Supervisor? I facilitate dedicated Professional Supervision Groups for teams of trauma informed practitioners from diverse disciplines including counselling, domestic violence, community development and women's refuges. Group sessions may be facilitated on a regular basis or occasionally to discuss arising issues or challenges. You are invited to email me to request information and a quote.
Over the years I've developed an integrative, culturally responsive approach to Clinical Supervision, practicing reflexively while learning from clients, colleagues and trainings. My approach is informed by therapeutic training in person centred therapy, neuropsychotherapy, somatic psychotherapy and sandplay therapy. I'm guided by the feminist psychotherapy supervisory model, particularly around issues of power, cultural responsiveness and decolonisation.
I'm guided by best practice trauma informed principles including safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, empowerment and choice. As a practicing therapist, I work primarily with individuals, families and communities who are experiencing complex trauma. Therapeutic practice contexts have included domestic violence, asylum seeker and refugee programs, palliative care, community health, women's health, adult survivors of complex trauma, homelessness, case management and employment assistance programs (EAP).
I continue to learn and grow in my counselling, clinical supervision and higher education teaching practices and am currently studying Aboriginal healing practices and knowledge as part of a postgraduate course in Creative Therapies.
More sources of information, guidance and self-care practices are available under Resources
"clinicians are guided not only by conscious, explicit dialogues and intellectual investigation, but also by natural flows of emotion, energy, and body-based information—hunches, gut feelings, behavioral impulses. These natural flows are the foundation of clinical intuition, the right-brain means by which therapists perceive and respond to relational patterns and non-conscious signals during psychotherapy." Terry Marks-Tarlow, 2012
You may wish to refer to 8ways pedagogy and protocols, with thanks and respect to the Peoples in Western NSW.
"instincts can be interwoven with rational thought to improve decision making" Louis Cozolino
You may wish to review Deb Dana's resources e.g. A beginner's guide to Polyvagal Theory and her YouTube clips e.g. Engaging the rhythm of regulation
"left brain understanding of cognitive empathy and right brain, bodily-based emotional empathy", Allan N. Schore, 2019
You may wish to listen to the Therapist Uncensored podcast and review the resources including the 'free attachment bundle'
You're invited to book online for your trauma informed Supervision, Coaching or Therapy appointment