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Consulation
Why Choose Me As Your Consultatant?
Prior to my current season of life in private practice, my work history included clinical supervising, clinical quality assurance, and development of training materials at Lines for Life, a mental health nonprofit. Through monitoring the clinical work on hundreds of crisis calls answered by a variety of clinicians, I developed an ear for the challenges clinicians face when difficult situations occur. I am seasoned at offering feedback, guidance, and encouragement to other professionals. I have experience with public speaking and training groups on a variety of topics.
Peer Consultation Services
$115 per 25-minute session
$185 per 55-minute session
Please note, I am not a registered clinical supervisor in Oregon, so my consultation services cannot be counted toward licensing supervision hours.
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I offer a compassionate ear for other mental health providers as they develop their professional skillset. My specialty in this area is around empowering clinicians to set healthy boundaries in their work. Not only do healthy boundaries support a clinician’s longevity in the field and help to prevent burnout, healthy boundaries are also critical in creating a restorative and constructive relational experience for clients. Why are boundaries hard to set? It is my perspective that while the vast majority of people who enter the helping professions do so in earnest, systems of oppression enter the room, too. If a provider has lived experiences with racism, gender-based discrimination or violence, homophobia, etc., or if they were socialized to be deferential in general, they may struggle to say “no” in their work, even in moments when “no” is very important. Clinicians can transform from walking on eggshells with their clients to feeling clear and confident about what is clinically sound and sustainable. Clinicians can carry a lot of shame around this issue, so my approach is honest but gentle. The laws to protect consumers are important and clear. And also, many master’s programs and mental health employers provide very little training or support for clinicians who feel threatened, mistreated, and face everyday pressures and boundary-testing from consumers. Trauma-informed care must include the safety of providers themselves in order to be successful.
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I offer space for other mental health service providers to process clinically complex scenarios, ethical and treatment dilemmas, or cases on which a provider might just be plain “stuck”. Areas of expertise include family systems, self-injury, suicide prevention, suicide loss, grief, trauma, couple struggles, betrayal trauma, and addiction. I only work with cases involving adult clients.
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There are many existing peer consultation groups for mental health providers in which professionals regularly meet to discuss cases. If you would like for me to drop into your group to add in a fresh perspective, please let me know!