Clinical Supervision

A Reflective Space for Growth and Integrity

Clinical supervision is more than a requirement — it’s a relationship that supports you as both a person and a professional. My role as a supervisor is to create a grounded, safe space where you can think deeply about your work, connect theory to practice, and stay aligned with the ethical standards that guide our profession.

Supervision with me draws on trauma-informed, relational, and neuroscience-based approaches. Together, we attend to the nervous system, the therapeutic relationship, and the stories that shape how we show up in the work.

Philosophy and Framework

My supervision style is collaborative, curious, and steady. I hold deep respect for the vulnerability and courage it takes to grow as a clinician.

I integrate:

  • NASW Standards for Supervision – emphasizing ethical, competent, and reflective social work practice.

  • Minnesota Board of Social Work Standards – ensuring supervision meets LICSW licensure requirements.

  • Reflective Practice – bringing awareness to parallel process, mindfulness, and self-regulation.

  • Trauma-Informed Supervision – grounded in safety, trust, empowerment, and mutual respect.

  • Neuroscience and Polyvagal-Informed Perspectives – understanding regulation and connection as foundations of competent practice.

These foundations are informed by national supervision principles and reviewed alongside standards from other states where I have studied supervision frameworks (ID, ND, CO, and MS).

Focus in Supervision

Our supervision conversations move fluidly between the reflective and the practical — attending to both the how and why of clinical work.

Together, we might explore:

  • Staying regulated and attuned when working with complex or trauma-affected clients

  • How our stories, nervous systems, and lived experiences influence the therapeutic process

  • Integrating EMDR, somatic, or polyvagal-informed approaches within established frameworks

  • Navigating ethical and boundary decisions in small-community or relational contexts

  • Bringing clarity and confidence to documentation and decision-making grounded in ethics, integrity, and compassion

Supervision becomes a relationship of shared reflection — a place to deepen awareness, build competence, and stay connected to what sustains ethical and embodied clinical practice.

Reflective Practice in Action

Supervision is a collaborative relationship and a living form of reflective practice. It offers space for both of us to pause, gain perspective, and translate experience into growth.

Together, we build the capacity to:

  • Reflect on client work with openness and perspective

  • Notice our internal responses and use them as meaningful information

  • Integrate regulation, ethics, and curiosity into clinical decisions

  • Deepen self-awareness and clinical reasoning through a trauma-informed lens

  • Translate insight into embodied, compassionate care

  • Sustain connection, steadiness, and care for ourselves and those we serve

Supervision helps us stay anchored in who we are — grounded, capable, and connected to meaningful work that endures.

For Whom

I offer supervision for:

  • LICSW candidates pursuing clinical licensure in Minnesota

  • Licensed clinicians seeking reflective, trauma-informed consultation

Supervision may be held virtually or in person, and can include individual or group formats depending on developmental needs and licensing requirements.

Connect

If this approach to supervision resonates with you and you’re curious about working together, let’s connect. We can talk about where you are in your professional journey, your goals, licensure path, and the kind of rhythm and structure that will best support your development.