Clinical Supervision Focused on Children, Teens, and Families: Meet Allison Goldfield
Allison offers expert clinical supervision for psychotherapists working with children, teens, and families. Perfect for CRPO registration and professional growth
The Role of Clinical Supervision in Coping with the Loss of a Client: A Review of the Literature
One way to cope with these emotions is through clinical supervision. Clinical supervision is a formal process in which experienced mental health professionals provide guidance and support to therapists who are in training or looking to improve their skills
A Fictional Day at the Office of a Clinical Supervisor
“Well it’s about this client, Todd, that I’ve been working with for the past two months. When he first started seeing me he was so eager to change and would welcome any possible suggestion I might have. But now, I have to drag the words out of him. It’s like he’s lost in some sort of fog and I can’t get him out.”
I’m Done School. Why Do I Need Clinical Supervision?
It’s important to be humble as therapists. It’s easy to think that we know better than our clients or that if they just followed our advice better, their lives would improve. But imposing our own ideals onto our clients is a common topic in clinical supervision in Ontario for many reasons. In the end, it doesn’t matter what we think the client should do. What matters is what the client thinks they should do and even more importantly, what they believe they have the capacity to do. We aren’t here to provide answers. We are here to help our clients find their own answers.
Psychotherapy in a Post Pandemic World
Therapists have been able to fit more clients into their schedules and have also found an easier time of working in the off-hours. Suddenly, an evening session on a Thursday isn’t out of the question whereas three years ago that would have sounded absurd.