We attend to professional and executive skills required by the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT), including but not limited to: recording timely and detailed progress notes, adhering to the ethics and laws of the profession as well as rules and regulations of the setting, while balancing these structured tasks with the expansion of self-care practices to remain emotionally flexible and reduce burnout.

Clinical goals nurtured within supervision includes a focus on the processes of session(s) through the development of clear conceptualizations grounded in systemic and feminist theories, while remaining cognizant to unique needs of each client(s). Pacing and goals setting is a collaborative process, based on understanding areas of strength and capacities for growth for each supervisee, at the beginning and throughout our relationship, encouraging self-evaluation based on the condensed list of AAMFTs competencies

We foster collaboration and a flattening of the inherent hierarchy of supervision to encourage a greater sense of safety to create space for taking risks and to make mistakes. Cultivating a strength based, mutually educational environment where humor and vulnerability disarm fears of inadequacy the supervisory allows for optimal growth. We invite curiosity of moments in session or in the therapeutic/supervisory relationship that are stalled or tense and have curiosity for “themes” in their own life which make be impacting their work with clients

While primary focus is attending to the clinician in training, we recognize that the human is also impacted by the process of supervision. As with any clinical practice, our supervisory exploration enhances the ability for supervisees to hold multiplicity, bringing much needed perspective out from the therapeutic space and into a divided country.

Our ethos is that attention to contradictory and complementary person-of-the-therapist experiences, offers an opportunity for greater insight to the parallel process our clients undergo in liberation from Narratives that oppress us. Personal experiences of being “othered” makes one hyper-sensitive to a gnawing loneliness that exclusion can make us feel as human beings. Supervisees are encouraged to be in their own exploration of intersectionality and identity to develop their own “calling card” in a united effort to create more chances for collective joy.