clinical supervision and mentoring

for associate psychotherapists in California (AMFTs)

I offer clinical supervision and mentorship for associate psychotherapists in California (AMFTs) and beginning clinicians who would like to deepen their work along several clinical intersections.

The deepening of the work corresponds to a growing ability to hold and understand complexity, nuance, and subtle interplays in layers of identity and experience of the client, as well as in relational dynamics (transference, countertransference) emerging between clinician and client.

Simultaneously, there are collective movements and implications playing out beyond the therapeutic container, within the anima mundi; a systemic illness and reordering that belong to, and are not excluded from this work. 

Whether you are just starting out and would like to integrate a depth-psychological, transpersonal, and philosophical perspective into your work with clients, or whether you are completing your hours and looking towards starting out on your own, our work together meets you at your present point and supports you in your next solid steps. 

clinical identity

orientation

• psychodynamic / depth-focused / Jungian psychotherapy
• transpersonal psychotherapy
• existential-humanistic psychotherapy and philosophical counseling
• Gestalt and relational psychotherapy
• transgenerational, systems-focused trauma psychotherapy and non-Western ancestral and animist psychologies
• blending Western as well as non-Western / indigenous treatment modalities; “decolonizing”, “reclaiming” contextual intelligence and land-based epistemologies

clinical focus

population and issues

• diagnostics
  • differential diagnosis
  • co-occuring diagnoses
  • working with multiple diagnoses and other complexity
  • subclinical presentations
• neurodivergence
  • high sensitivity (HSP)
  • giftedness
  • autism
  • PDA
  • mixed-neurotype couples and family dynamics
  • intersecting neurodivergence and trauma
• trauma
  • complex trauma (c-ptsd)
  • war trauma, historic and cultural trauma
  • working with “inherited” trauma through the lineage
  • estrangement patterns
  • persecution complex, impostor syndrome, and post-traumatic growth
• international clients
  • immigration and diaspora
  • ethnic / racial minorities
  • “third culture” kids
  • multicultural / international couples and family dynamics
  • utilizing language and inscribed, symbolic memory (folklore, clothing, dance, indigenous practices) to treat non-Western clients in a Western cultural context
• spiritual emergence vs. emergency
  • integration of mystical and spiritual experiences, spontaneous ones as well as such achieved through psychedelic-assisted therapy
  • differentiating between spiritual emergence (spontaneous non-ordinary experiences and states of consciousness) and spiritual emergency (psychotic states)

private practice vision + strategy

The idea of private practice can feel alluring and daunting at the same time, asking for dedication as well as endurance, integrity as well as adaptability. If you would like to pursue private practice or would like support refining your own clinical positioning, I offer guided support as an integrated part of supervision covering the following points:

• legal and ethical considerations, including practicing remotely and internationally
• creating for longevity: building a sustainable practice that suits your shifting life’s needs, including your own neuro-wiring as well as considering your mission, impact, and legacy
• find your clinical focus point (issues, population, orientation, modality)— your “niche”
• developing your branding and voice
• identifying your marketing channels, adapting to a dynamic field, navigating AI in private practice
• solidifying your practice through several income streams
• succeeding through networking and collaborating with other practitioners
• time and resource management, administrative tasks