In January 2023, I began the Liberation in Practice supervision group dedicated to clinicians who wanted to integrate liberation models into their community and their therapy work. This group is for therapists who identify as BIPOC, AAPI, mixed-race, queer and/or trans with the understanding that clinicians of minority experience need more liberation for themselves in addition to their clients.

Group Description

This group supervision is designed for newer clinicians to support one another, create a space that enhances liberation, and promote meaningful ways of being in larger community. By “liberation” I’m giving props to Liberation Psychology which “insists that our practices as psychologists center those with the least access to power and that we critique and resist traditional assumptions within Western psychology—many of which endorse systems of power—which have been crafted and maintained by powerful people and systems”. (Drustrup, 2022). Building and facilitating this group excited me because I value relationships where I can mentor and learn from other social workers outside of academic spaces.

Depending on group asks, I aim to lift up:

1.     Lived Experience (ex. facilitating personal stories to understand clinical concepts)

2.     Inherent Knowledge (ex. integrating what is happening in our bodies during supervision)

3.     Queered Modalities (ex. holding multiple relationships in shared community vs. cut-offs in the dual relationship model)

4.     Authentic Relationship Building (ex. using accountability during a group rupture)

5.     Indigenous Frameworks (ex. broadening knowledge of indigenous frameworks that are not often taught in graduate school programs like Gloria Anzaldúa’s Coyolxauhqui Imperative as opposed to Sigmund Freud’s Reenactment)

6.     Liberation Psychology (ex. considering abolitionism as a healing justice approach for our larger community)

7.     Trauma-Informed Approaches (ex. attuning to how we may move out of fight/flight/freeze/fawn during session so that we may attune to our clients)

8.     Accessibility (ex. exploring worth vs value in terms of how we ask for our fees while living under capitalism) 

9. Sex Positive Values (ex. having conversations about sexuality with clients contributes to a whole person approach)

Considerations: Is this Group Right for Me?

This group will…

•  Meet weekly on Wednesdays from 5:30pm – 6:30pm

• Offer sliding scale based on income, access, and social locations

• Redistribute funds and offer access via: one free pro-bono seat; pay-what-you-can seats to BIPOC therapists; sliding scale seats for clinicians of marginalized identities and who do not have access to generational wealth; and support tier seats for therapists with access to generational wealth.

• Meet virtually to increase access

• Qualify for LCSW supervision hours if you are in PA

•  Limit group size to...

  • o Six clinicians seeking licensure

    o Offer seats to seven people total

Cost

If you are interested in joining our group or have any questions please reach out through my Contact page and include your cost-seat