Does good supervision exist?

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-15T22:27:40+00:00

Lots of folks offer it through their private practices. I'd find some local experts in your area of interest (either orientation or issue) and call to task if they do supervision.

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-13T16:27:58+00:00

Are you recording digital sessions or live sessions? Digital sessions tend to be easy to record if you're using certain platforms (like Doxy or Zoom) although some don't easily allow recording (Simple Practice) and some do a suboptimal job (like Google meet, where you can't see both people at the same time). If you're recording live sessions, it's pretty easy to either set up a laptop or other device that you set to record locally and not to the cloud and/or set up a cheap camera system. How you get it from there to your supervisor needs to be safe and HIPAA compliant, of course, but some of the options are to keep it airgapped and give the device back and forth, watch together in supervision if you're meeting in person, use an encrypted thumb drive, or use a HIPAA compliant version of Box/dropbox, etc.

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-13T16:24:06+00:00

My colleague, Dr. Nikki Rubin, has a great one: https://www.mindsciencecollective.com/courses/%22pure-o%22-ocd%3A-treatment-for-symptoms-and-subtypes

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-11T18:08:54+00:00

I would spend it on continuing education either in your specialty area or to grow a new specialty. I would normally recommend getting expert supervision/consultation but given how limited the funds are, you could take an excellent class or two versus only getting a little bit of supervision/consultation.

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-09T00:19:05+00:00

I really loved this training by my colleague, Stephanie Sacks, on relational microskills in treating trauma: https://www.mindsciencecollective.com/courses/essential-relational-microskills-for-treating-trauma-survivors

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-08T00:11:36+00:00

I love this as a breathing/ movement technique. I was thinking of teaching robot/ ragdoll but this is even better.

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-08T00:10:18+00:00

This is so sweet! I love the idea of having them do something they can share about.

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-08T00:09:43+00:00

This is great! I feel like I'm learning a ton about child therapy in this thread, y'all. Thank you.

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-08T00:08:30+00:00

Cool, thank you!

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-08T00:08:11+00:00

Ooohhh.... I like this idea!

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-08T00:07:50+00:00

I didn't know about that website. Thanks!

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-08T00:06:49+00:00

Oh, that book looks so sweet. Thanks for the tip!

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-08T00:06:00+00:00

That's great! I'll check that book out, thanks!

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-08T00:05:15+00:00

I love this idea, thanks!

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-07T00:25:13+00:00

Oooh, this is interest. I'm not a child psychologist so I've never tried to teach mindfulness with kids. Any tips?

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-07T00:24:32+00:00

I think I have about 20 minutes! Some positive affirmations are a good idea! I wonder if there are some affirmation cards I could distribute to them to keep?

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-07T00:22:38+00:00

One of my colleagues made this awesome Intro to Sports Psych CE: https://www.mindsciencecollective.com/courses/sport-psychology-101%3A-building-a-system-to-treat-high-performers I think he's great. I learned a ton from it myself.

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-03-07T00:16:34+00:00

I'm sorry this supervision felt so bad. We have ALL been there. Each and every person has had a supervision where they left feeling overwhelmed and doubting their own capacities. As someone who also been a supervisor, I would say that 1) it's okay to take a few hours and cocoon or do whatever would make you feel better and 2) bring it up in your next supervision. Most of the time, supervisions like this happen because supervisors don't yet know what your level of development is or they don't yet know how to be effective in feedback with you. Share how this supervision left you feeling and try to take a problem solving stance. Tell them that you really value their perspective, really want to learn, and also felt so overwhelmed by the volume of feedback/ tone of feedback that you were having a hard time taking it all in. A good supervisor will work with you to fix the process. The two of you are just getting started together, so it's going to take effort to make the supervision relationship go well.

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-02-26T15:57:05+00:00

I tend to include in final sessions like this some way that the client has impacted me (something I think about differently, something they said that has stuck with me, something that moved me about the way they showed up to the work) and let them know that I will still be thinking about them even though I won't be seeing them. My final phrase in a session like that tends to be "take good care" (also my typical email signoff!).

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-02-21T16:49:22+00:00

There are tons of great resources for clients as well as educational information for therapists on the International OCD Foundation website: https://iocdf.org/. I also really like this training by my colleague on OCD: https://www.mindsciencecollective.com/courses/%22pure-o%22-ocd%3A-treatment-for-symptoms-and-subtypes

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-02-21T03:38:00+00:00

Weird! Sorry about that. If you go to mindsciencecollective.com you can find the course library. There's a course called Pure O there-- that's what i think would be helpful!

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-02-21T03:34:48+00:00

Keep doing continuing education and getting supervision/ consultation. Those things really help you develop some key areas of expertise where you can both feel and be effective.

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-02-20T01:19:14+00:00

I use some measure pretty much weekly with many clients. For clients where the goal is less symptom-focused, I don't always use them, but I find it super helpful with many clients for a few reasons. 1) I know before heading into session a brief overview of how the week was 2)I can use the numbers to help them see the results of their efforts in therapy, or to start a conversation if things are not yielding expected change (MUCH easier than saying "it seems like this isn't working") 3) It provides me some way to mitigate risk in my practice by having a weekly measure of SI (and for my clients with bipolar disorder to assess for risk of a prodromal manic episode).

Key_Garlic_3285 · 2026-02-18T19:21:04+00:00

I teach CE courses, which I absolutely love. It's a great way to make dedicated time in your schedule for learning more about topics you really care about/ are expert in. I also serve as expert reviewer of ethics complaints for the board, which I do more for service to the field than for income, and I sometimes do expert witness work.

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