My work centers on clinical supervision and professional development for clinicians who want to strengthen clinical judgment, develop a coherent professional identity, and practice with greater clarity, integrity, and responsibility.

I remain actively engaged in the study of clinical theory, ethics, supervision practice, licensure standards, and the pressures shaping contemporary clinical work. I also examine my own judgment, assumptions, emotional reactions, and use of authority because these influence what I notice and how I participate in the supervisory relationship.

My continued professional development serves the same purpose I ask clinicians to pursue in supervision - becoming more deliberate about how we think, choose, and act in clinical work.

Supervision & Professional Development

Supervision should do more than just help resolve the case before us. My aim is to help clinicians become increasingly capable of thinking clinically for themselves; formulating what is occurring, exercising judgment, making purposeful choices, and evaluating the effects of those choices.

I offer professional consultation, individual supervision, advanced clinical skills groups, and Character of the Clinician programs. My work supports the refinement of clinical skill, relational-systemic thinking, ethical discernment, and the development of an internal supervisor - the capacity to notice, question, formulate, evaluate, and guide one's own clinical work rather than remain dependent on external direction.

My work is grounded in a simple premise that skill matters, but skill alone is not enough. Choice, presence, values, judgment, and character influence how clinical knowledge is actually used.

I use a structured supervision process because clinicians are practicing within real constraints, including financial pressure, emotional exhaustion, administrative burden, and uneven professional support. AAMFT's 2025 Workforce Study found substantial financial and emotional strain among early-career MFTs, with 18% indicating they may leave the profession within five years.

Structure protects the work. It clarifies expectations, supports accountability, and creates continuity for reflection, preparation, and development.

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Professional Background and Orientation

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and former full professor with 24 years of experience as a clinician, educator, and clinical supervisor. My work integrates relational-systemic practice, existential-humanistic psychology, clinical ethics, and sustained attention to professional identity and the character of the clinician.

I work primarily with clinicians who want supervision to become more than case review or the accumulation of required hours. They want to move from knowing theories and techniques to thinking clinically with them; understanding what they are noticing, why they are choosing a particular intervention, and how to respond when the situation does not fit neatly within a model or textbook.

I am based in Colorado Springs and provide clinical supervision and professional development to clinicians throughout Colorado via telehealth.

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Clinical Judgment, Integrity, and Professional Identity

My approach extends beyond skill-building. Ethical practice involves more than knowing professional codes and regulations. It also involves how clinicians exercise judgment, respond to uncertainty, recognize their own reactions, use authority, and translate professional values into action.

Supervision therefore includes attention to:

• Professional esteem as a stable internal posture
• Integrity expressed through concrete action
• Judgment guided by values rather than reactivity
• Self-examination of assumptions, reactions, and clinical choices
• A coherent professional identity capable of sustaining meaningful work

If you are seeking supervision or professional development that is structured, relational-systemic, and concerned not only with what clinicians know but with how they think and practice, contact me to begin a conversation.