Clinical Consultation Services
$115 per 25 minute session
$185 per 55 minute session

Please note, I am not a registered clinical supervisor through the state of Oregon, so my consultation services cannot be counted toward licensing supervision hours.

I offer space for other mental health service providers to process clinically complex scenarios, ethical and clinical dilemmas, or cases a provider might just be plain “stuck” on. My specialty in clinical consultation is 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. My work history includes clinical supervising, clinical quality assurance, and development of training materials around clinical boundaries 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, such as anger being directed at them from consumers. I am seasoned at offering feedback, guidance, and encouragement to other professionals. In 2021, I was a co-presenter at the American Association of Suicidology conference, and the presentation was on setting boundaries with callers in a crisis line context.

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, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, 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 carry a lot of shame around this issue. 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 actually face threats, intimidation, abuses, and even just everyday pressures from consumers. Trauma-informed care must include the safety of providers themselves in order to be successful.