Consultation for Therapists

Therapy is an extraordinarily complex endeavor, and most therapies will eventually slow in their progress or reach an impasse. 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.

The reasons for this are numerous, but center largely around a 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. And without adequate training, supervisors are unable to help therapists improve in these areas.

My aim is to provide high quality clinical consultation to therapists to address difficulties in the aforementioned areas of knowledge and to develop overall 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 feel comfortable offering consultation to therapists from a wide array of theoretical backgrounds. Common areas of focus with me in consultation include but are not limited to:

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

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