Consultation for Therapists

Therapy is an extraordinarily complex endeavor, and most therapies will eventually slow in their progress or reach an impasse. The reasons for this are numerous, but center largely around the therapist's failure to identify and address deficits in declarative knowledge (the theory and concepts we use), procedural knowledge (the translation of theory into technique and intervention), and conditional knowledge (when, where, and why interventions are used).

 

A therapist may feel equipped in one or two of these areas, but without competency and integration across all three, therapy breaks down. When this occurs, it’s appropriate to seek consultation. However, according to Ellis et al. (2014), 93% of therapy supervision/consultation is inadequate and 35% is harmful. One reason for this is that supervisors themselves lack this integrated knowledge and competency. 

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Having studied the literature on effective supervision and consultation, my aim is to provide high quality clinical consultation to therapists to bolster the aforementioned areas of knowledge and your metacognitive capacity (how you think about your thinking about patients). While my background is in Experiential Dynamic Therapy, the theory undergirding this approach has transtheoretical applications, and thus I am equipped to assist therapists from a wide array of theoretical backgrounds. Common areas of focus with me in consultation include but are not limited to:

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• addressing gaps in theoretical and conceptual knowledge

• translating theory into intervention

• honing listening skills to help track and analyze the effectiveness of interventions

• identifying and making use of internal reactions (e.g., countertransference)

• addressing therapeutic impasses

• alliance analysis

• case formulation  

• ethical issues

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If you have any questions about me and/or would like to explore the possibility of receiving consultation, I invite you to reach out.​