What made you choose a career as a therapist?
I chose this field through a combination of my lived experience, personal healing journey, and professional exposure. Over time, I learned how deeply relational systems shape a person’s whole life, and that many people have healing to do. My passion was identified in that process, as I experienced firsthand how powerful it is to be seen, supported, and guided through change. Therapy became more than a concept or tool for me and transformed into an opportunity to sit with people in their most difficult, vulnerable moments to help them find their way through.

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Why did you decide to become a supervisor?
Supervision is a natural extension of clinical responsibility. At some point, the impact of your work is no longer just about the clients you see directly, but also about how you shape the clinicians who will go on to serve many others. I chose supervision to support developing therapists in building competence, ethical clarity, and confidence. It also allows me to contribute to the integrity of the field by helping ensure that new clinicians are practicing thoughtfully, not just technically.

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What’s your approach to supervision?
My approach is relational, structured and systemic. I’m paying attention to the therapeutic relationship, the therapist, their client, and the broader context shaping the work that is happening there. I see supervision as essential to ethical, effective practice. It’s the place where blind spots get named, and clinicians build the capacity to think more clearly about what they’re doing and why.

A core part of my work is helping supervisees develop a powerful “self of the therapist.” How you show up, owning your history, your reactions, and your assumptions are crucial because it all directly impacts the work. If the whole of it is not being examined, it will show up anyway, only without awareness, which can negatively impact therapeutic outcomes.

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What do you hope for the next generation of therapists?

I hope supervisees feel safe being open and honest about where they’re stuck, while also being challenged to grow. We need more clinicians who can assess, adapt, and respond to real people in real systems. I hope they prioritize depth over performance, while staying aware of culture and power dynamics and not losing focus of their ethical responsibility. I hope they instill practices that allow for sustainability in this field, because that is just as important as any other aspect of this work.