Clinical Supervision
One of the most ethical practices we, as counsellors, can choose is ongoing, quality clinical supervision. Our clinical supervisors provide a space for therapists to process cases, ethics and personal impacts in order to support your growth as a therapist, prevent burn out and to partner with you in your ethical decision making. As it is with counselling services, finding a clinical supervisor is a combination of education, experience, training and personal fit. We’d love to hear from you to find out if we can be a fit for you and your practice.
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Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS)
Supervisor of Supervisors (SoS).
Approved Clinical Supervisor
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Alisha has over nine years experience providing clinical supervision to Therapists and master's level counselling Interns in individual and group settings in the private and public sector. In addition, Alisha has experience as a sessional instructor of Clinical Supervision for master’s level counselling students through Trinity Western University.
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Clinical Supervision Framework
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Alisha works from a systemic perspective, standing on the shoulders of renown therapy models such as Attachment Theory (Bowlby & Ainsworth), Family Systems Model (Satir, Minuchin, Bowen, Klein) and Couples Frameworks ( EFT - Johnston, Gottman, Satir). Supervision also focuses how potential trauma impacts the case through somatic experiential and embodied cues and interventions.
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Once of Alisha's top values is providing support for those who support others. One of the best ways to do this is by providing a space for therapists to process ethics, case conceptualizations and best practices. One of the emphasis on supervision with Alisha is the space for you to reflect and grow as a person as well as a therapist. In this space therapists are encouraged to process both the personal impacts of being a therapist and the how our personal lives impact our therapy. This approach is known as the Person of the Therapist (Aponte) model.
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Supervision of Supervision
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Alisha provides Supervisor of Supervision (SoS) and is approved by the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC). This supervision is intended for Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC) in good standing who are working toward an accreditation for the Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) designation or clinical supervisors seeking support while they supervise in a variety of settings.
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Supervision of Supervision seeks to provide support and a framework for supervisors to best support their supervisee(s). The skills supported in this work are nuanced and fine-tuned through a collaborative approach, focusing on your conceptualizations, ethical delineation, evaluation and feedback giving skills. This supervision provides a space for the supervisor to articulate and formulate their personal approach to supervision and seeks to empower supervisors in creating safe and ethical spaces for therapists.
For more information on Alisha see our Our Team page or book an appointment.
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Brian O’Neill, MAMFT, Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) is trained in Systemic Clinical Supervision through the Canadian Association of Marriage and Family Therapy and is experienced in providing individual and group supervision of Registered Clinical Counsellors and counselling intern students. Brian works from a systemic, experiential framework and provides a collaborative space to process personal impacts and reactions, case conceptualization, and ethical issues.
If you are looking to strengthen specific counselling and conceptualization skills, ethical competency, or integration of spiritual resources, or to process areas where you feel stuck, book a consultation conversation with Brian to determine if he will be a good fit for the enhancement of your confidence and competence as a therapist.
