Radical Supervision & Consultation.

  • SUPERVISION FOR CLINICAL LICENSURE

    Michelle provides clinical supervision for social workers (CSWA) and Professional Counselor Associates. Supervision is grounded in attachment theory and anti-oppressive practice and aligns with the Relational Alliance and Multicultural Relational models of supervision. We’ll invite curiosity into patterns of supremacy and colonialism in the field as we explore culture & identity, biases, intersectionality, use of self, nuances of ethical practice, individual and collective trauma, power and oppression, tending to your own activation (self-care), burnout, hope, and joy.

  • IECMH REFLECTIVE CONSULTATION

    Michelle is endorsed through the Oregon Infant Mental Health Association to provide reflective supervision & consultation for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH). Michelle has provided RSC for home visitors, teachers, supervisors, program managers, and mental health consultants working in various early childhood programs. Michelle has worked in many of these roles (home visitor, supervisor, manager, mental health consultant) and understands the challenges and complexities of working within these systems.

THEORETICAL ORIENTATION

I utilize attachment, psychodynamic, strengths-based, critical, and empowerment theories and consider trauma-informed practice through a cultural lens. I believe that the personal is political, and that identity and values intersect every level of our work. Together we will question what we know, celebrate what we learn, and explore the intersections of power & privilege, attachment relationships, trauma, culture, and self.

WHY REFLECTIVE SUPERVISION?

Reflective practice is a critical component of relationship-based process and helps us slow down to explore the emotional content and parallel process within our work. We explore content through the mirror of ourselves and the ways we are touched by the stories we hold. Through Reflective Supervision/Consultation (RSC), we will explore these aspects through a critical lens as we navigate the intersections of trauma, healing, joy, despair, culture, meaning, and power dynamics in our work with children and families.

MY OWN JOURNEY

Once I started the journey to un-learn the “traditional” expectations I had for myself and my work, I started to realize a greater depth of compassion for myself and others.

I became re-energized in my work and now recognize my burnout as a “fix-it” barometer - when I start to feel burned out, hopeless, or helpless, it’s typically when I have been leaning into my learned attachment style and cultural expectations for saviorism.

You may have heard Daniel Siegel’s quote “Name it to tame it” as it relates to our feelings - I have learned that leaning into discomfort and naming white-body supremacy, settler colonialism, and capitalism is essential for our collective healing journey. This is an especially critical and largely overlooked practice for those of us working with families that are impacted and continually marginalized by historically oppressive systems in the United States.

RATE

$200/hr agency

$150/hr self-pay

sliding scale available

“How you are is as important as what you do.”

— Jeree Pawl