Supervision
As a Primary Supervisor I have been approved to by the board as both a primary and secondary supervisor. I do not work in a brick and mortar office, so if you choose to have a Christian as your primary or are just looking for someone to supervise your internship, you've come to the right place!
Email me to get your supervision going right away!
tony@hope4family.com
I spent the required time necessary to complete my certification as a Primary Supervisor for the state and in those studies we wrote a paper about how we proposed to do supervision.
The following is from that paper...
Preferred Supervision Model and Connection Between Own Therapy Model and Supervision
I will be integrative in practice and in theory with supervisees because Lee and Nelson (2022) state it will be a unique situation in each supervisor/supervisee combination, and it will take different approaches to work in each one. I intend to approach each supervisee differently believing that individuals who are learning or favoring a perspective that they see as being effective for counseling should practice that theory in sessions and discuss those sessions from that perspective in supervision. So, isomorphically I will teach from the same kind of eclectic perspective.
“Supervision is an individualized lesson plan tailored to the strengths and weaknesses of the supervisee” (Clinton & Ohlschlager, 2002). This reinforces the idea that supervisees must be allowed to explore the theory with which they most readily identify to help them grow and learn from their own perspective and establish that perspective as a working theory of counseling. So, I will attempt to use this informative aspect in my own supervision.
While the ideas and input from the supervisor may be helpful at times, it will be good to primarily focus on the theoretical perspective of the supervisee to promote and establish it in the mind of the counselor in training. Again, collaboratively working toward core competencies, I will focus on fleshing out and developing the working theory of the supervisees.
I spent the years of supervision I had with a group of other therapists in training that are a part of my life today. The group sessions we had gave plenty of opportunity for training while also engendering an environment of support and comradery. Training works in both direct and indirect ways (Lee & Robert, 2000). To me this means that those in supervision will benefit differently from different approaches, gleaning some from one while more from another approach. While speaking on a topic to one supervisee, another may benefit from the interaction and the information disseminated through that interaction. It is my desire to bring about this same kind of environment in the group and inspire supervisees to form groups throughout their career which will offer support and growth as a professional.
Email me at tony@hope4family.com to speak to me about internship. I would love to work with you to help you meet your goals and become the counselor you one day will be.
As a requirement of the State of Nevada, Tony must supervise under a mentor for the beginning period of his supervision practice. His mentor is Dr. Ruth Ann Wright, PhD who was his supervisor when he was an intern.