Supervision and Consultation for Care Workers
A reflective space to add depth to your clinical judgement, strengthen your confidence and grow into the practitioner you want to become.
Supervision and consultation for care workers is a place to think critically, explore ethical complexity, reflect on your use of self, and continue developing your professional identity.
Whether you're newly registered, preparing for registration, returning to practice, or looking for space to reflect with another clinician who understands what this work asks of us, supervision offers an opportunity to slow down, ask good questions, and continue learning.
This work is challenging and important. Investing in quality supervision and consultation builds integrity and longevity into your greatest assets: your knowledge, passion and career.
My philosophy
At the heart of my supervision is a relational understanding of ethics, informed by Indigenous knowledges about care work and grounded in relationship, accountability, humility, and curiosity.
I believe ethical practice includes understanding practice standards and the legalities of this work but also understanding how we show up in relationship with clients, colleagues, communities, and our selves.
Supervision is a private space to think critically, explore complexity, and strengthen your clinical judgment. My role is not to provide all the answers, but to ask thoughtful questions, offer perspective, and support you in developing a practice that is reflective, ethical, and uniquely your own.
The Resume
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I’ve been registered as a social worker in three provinces, completing professional development requirements and staying current with practice changes over the years.
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Since 2015, I have taught hundreds of courses to students in the Bachelor’s and Master’s of Social Work School at the University of Victoria. My work there includes clinical supervision of hundreds of students in placements across the country, curriculum development including careful consideration of ethical practice standards and a constant return to concepts of becoming critical practitioners from a place grounded in theory.
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I worked for Island Health to provide supervision and consultation for social workers practicing in acute care in the South Island region of Vancouver Island. This work is of advanced complexity and includes navigation of significantly challenging ethics and decisions.
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As a committee member at the BCCSW, I participate in making decisions about practice standards for social workers in BC, with a focus on protecting the public through supporting registrants to deliver high quality care.
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For those wanting support with skills such as providing therapy using narrative therapy, Internal Family Systems or sex therapy, I have advanced training in those modalities and can provide practice support and psychoeducation.
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As a registered yoga teacher and somatic practitioner, I can supervise those who wish to bring a more somatic element to their practice, particularly through the use of yoga, mindfulness and breath work
One on One Supervision and Consultation
These sessions are just for you. Bring a case consult, a worrisome pattern you notice in how you do the work or a difficult decision or mistake you are trying to resolve. Together, we’ll break down the situation to understand how things unfolded in the ways they did. From there, we’ll construct numerous paths forward.
One on one supervision and consultation can happen as a “one off” appointment or you may wish to book regular sessions. All sessions can be written off on your taxes as an employment expense.
Care Work Consultation Circle
The Care Work Consultation Circle is a reflective group for social workers, therapists, and other care workers who want a thoughtful space to deepen their practice.
Each session includes opportunities for participants to bring clinical cases, ethical dilemmas, and practice questions, alongside facilitated discussion on a rotating agenda of topics that strengthen reflective, ethical, and sustainable practice.
Topics may include relational ethics, the use of self in practice, professional boundaries, burnout and sustainability, trauma-informed care, narrative and Internal Family Systems perspectives, documentation, power and privilege, private practice, and navigating uncertainty in complex clinical work.
These groups are held online for now, but if you have a desire to gather in person in Victoria, we can do that, too. Just let me know.