Post Graduate Clinical Supervision Ethics

The professional development of mental health clinicians after graduate school rests heavily on the quality of their clinical work experience and the support provided to that supervisee/clinician from their employers and their clinical supervisors. The process of becoming a therapist (or more specifically a psychotherapist – counselor, clinical social worker or marriage and family therapist) … Read more

Counselor Supervision – Clinical vs Administrative Do’s and Don’ts

Cultivation of the Therapist Clinical supervision requires more than the oversight of cases. Clinical supervision requires the cultivation of the therapist. Beginning therapists often hope that at some point they will learn everything that they need to know about being a therapist. They believe that there is a place they will arrive and that once … Read more

Tips for Getting on Track and Staying on Track for LPC Licensure in Georgia

Pursuing Counseling Licensure in the State of Georgia It can be very confusing pursuing licensure in Georgia. It is up to every applicant for associate or full licensure to review and follow the board rules and Georgia laws. This blog post is dated April 12, 2017. I am not on the composite board nor do … Read more

Abuse of Power

Abuse of Power It can be subtle… or it can knock the wind of you. We tend to be more sensitive to when someone is abusing their power over us. We are far less aware of when we are abusing the power we have over others. In clinical supervision or its counterpart in a non-therapy … Read more