Trainings & Consultation

I have been providing professional trainings to fellow mental health professionals and organizations since 2019. I have been providing educational instruction to graduate counseling education students since 2022. I currently hold adjunct faculty positions at Lewis and Clark College and Portland Community College, and I provide professional trainings independently and through Lewis and Clark's Center for Community Engagement. My professional trainings and instruction have included the following topics: 2SLGBTQIA+ Affirming Care, Child & Family Counseling, Counseling & Interventions with Adults, Introduction to Addictions, 

As mental health professionals, we are asked to practice introspection and identity-work, so that we can make our work about the clients we serve. These are not easy feats, and these are the cornerstones of ethical and competent care. When we're noticing feeling uncertain about the challenges we face, professional consultation can help. Below are several examples of when seeking professional consultation may be beneficial:

When you're feeling stuck or isolated.
Unfortunately, isolation is unavoidable in our profession. While we may spend most of our time professionally connecting with others, whether that's with our clients, colleagues and other professionals, we will frequently be "alone" in our experience. Typically, we (and we alone) serve our clients and provide treatment. Professional consultation helps you to build connection with another clinician who will have experience and insight into your clinical struggles and challenges. This time also gives you the opportunity to decompress and feel more supported with cases you feel more isolated with. Additionally, consultation is a great way to expand your knowledge of resources in your community. 

When you're looking to expand your scope of competence.
We can never be functional experts in everything, nor should we be. As important as it is to identify where we have interests, skills and background to share with our clients and other professionals, it's just as important to identify the areas in our practice that we feel less confident in; this is how we begin to expand our scope of competence. Professional consultation allows you to tap into new knowledge, new ideas, new perspectives and a greater understanding of your challenges. 

When you believe you would benefit from a second opinion.
In our work, we often find ourselves in gray areas. While we develop skills and experience from moving through gray areas, sometimes our uncertainty may feel too big to hold on our own. Professional consultation can provide you with reassurance, an opportunity to explore potential ethical concerns or limitations, and alternative ideas and solutions. Additionally, consultation gives you the opportunity to learn more about another clinician's ethical and clinical practices in relation to the challenges you're facing.

As humans, we learn the most when we feel safe; when we are safe, we are free to be fully engaged and curious. I believe that the commitment to education, training and consultation is also a commitment to fostering safety, community, advocacy and growth. I have found that maintenance of an enriching and equitable place of learning requires me to consistently embody authenticity, transparency and security with those seeking consultation and training.

I provide 30-minute and 60-minute clinical consultations to pre-licensed and licensed mental health providers. I offer one-time meetings or ongoing support where I provide feedback, knowledge and perspective on clinical matters that feel challenging, uncertain and/or triggering.

During consultations, we will explore your concerns, challenges, goals for our time together and discuss information relevant to your cases while protecting client confidentiality. My style is conversational, curious and informative in a nonjudgmental way. I approach consultations with the same pillars of service that support my practice with clients: Multicultural humility and anti-oppressive care; sex-positive care; 2SLGBTQIA+ affirmative care; trauma-informed care; access-centered care; and body liberation and weight neutrality. 

As safety is one of my top priorities, I may share with you any concerns that arise, and potentially recommend that you refer your case to a professional with the appropriate education and training, if indicated and in your case's best interest. 

I offer consultation on all specialties and areas of focus listed in my practice: 

While consultation and supervision may seem similar, they are different. Consultation is advice given by the consulting clinician that can be rejected by the person seeking consultation; consultation can be one-time or ongoing. Supervision involves an established, ongoing supervisor-supervisee relationship in which the supervisor provides proactive direction and education to the supervisee. The supervisor consistently provides the supervisee with feedback and evaluation to help them grow in their profession and/or meet requirements for state licensure. Finally, a clinician is practicing under the supervisor's license; the supervisor is legally responsible for the clinician's practices and helps the clinician navigate dilemmas and correct mistakes.