Performing the functions of a psychotherapist is to some extent a technical feat and to some extent an artistic one. Finding the right balance of theoretical and interventional approaches for each case is a craft that takes decades to hone. Licensure and continuing education are a good starting point. So are collegial relationships and supervision groups. Individual supervision, however, remains the sine qua non of providing excellent practice to our patients.
Finding a supervisor who is both highly skilled and meets your requirements for the interpersonal relationship that is at the heart of supervision is a difficult task. One that I encourage you to consider through a complimentary advisement session with me. I have provided clinical supervision for more than three decades and am also a certified Social Work supervisor in the State of New Jersey.
I also encourage those with less than five years of licensed experience to alert me to their status as I offer a 20% reduction in fee for those who are new to the field and in the process of developing a practice large enough to take the cost of supervision in stride as a normal function of their business.
Being a private practitioner for many years, I am also able to assist clinicians in the development of their own practices: dealing with insurance companies, setting up and maintaining appropriate practice management solutions, and providing the support they need to become successful practitioners in their own right.