Clinical Supervision

I am qualified to provide clinical supervision if you are working on obtaining the following: ATR, LCPAT (Maryland art therapy license), LCSW (Virginia), or LCSW-C (Maryland)

Group supervision

The group requires you to being committed to anti-oppressive practice as well as culturally responsive ways of conducting therapy. See this link about anti-oppressive practice.
Currently there are two virtual groups: (1) 3:00 - 4:30pm EST every other Tuesday, and (2) 2:30 - 4:30pm EST every other Wednesday. Other times may become available.
The group operates as a small group (no more than six supervisees).
Group supervision is considered a secondary form of supervision. You must have another supervisor at your workplace who provides individual supervision for you and signs off on your notes and provides one-on-one guidance related to your job. (If you are an independently licensed therapist, there is no need to have another supervisor.)
If you and your peers wish to start supervision as a closed group, I will be glad to explore the best time that works for your group. Individual supervision and consultation are also available, case by case. Please email mikigoerdt@emeraldleafcc.com to inquire.
Group supervision - $40 per 60min ($60 bi-weekly for Tuesday group; $80 bi-weekly for Wednesday group)

My approach

I am committed to practicing therapy from the anti-oppressive, culturally responsive perspective, and supervision will be approached in the same way.

I see supervision as a place for you to grow yourself and explore how to integrate the therapist part of you into the rest of you. This integration does not happen by merely focusing on cases and discussing therapeutic techniques. Exploring how you hold the therapist identity is an important part of supervision, especially when you have a marginalized identity.

If you decide to join my supervision, your artist self needs to come with you to the supervision group. You will be asked to bring in your clients' art as well as your response art. I will also facilitate art making during some supervision sessions. You will be strongly encouraged to make art as an artist -- because I believe that effective art therapists practice using creativity for themselves regularly.

Supervision is different from case consultation. Case consultation involves knowledge and expertise for a partcular clinical area. Supervision requires a trusting relationship between a supervisor and a supervisee in addition to the technical knowledge of doing therapy. As a relational therapist, I believe that building such a relationship itself is a foundational practice of

being a therapist.

My areas of competency

Populations: Adults and older adults, immigrants, 2nd generation Americans, people of color

Settings: Nursing homes & assisted livings, inpatient psychiatric unit, outpatient setting, community centers, mental health center, hospice, dialysis center, private practice

Theoretical orientations & approaches: Culturally-responsive therapy, Anti-oppressive approach, Relational Cultural Therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment theory, trauma-focused approach, reminiscing therapy, life review model, art therapy, creative expression as a therapeutic method, group therapy

Clinical issues: Depression, anxiety, mood disorders, grief & loss, adjustment/life transitions, aging-related issues, dementia, acculturation and cross-cultural issues,cultural/racial identity development, race-related trauma, serious mental illness

List of publications, workshops, and presentations can be viewed here.