Clinical consultation is more than talking through a difficult case or identifying another intervention to try. My approach is to help therapists slow down, look beneath what is presenting, and develop a deeper understanding of the client sitting in front of them.

Together, we explore the root of the client's struggles and begin to understand the different parts of the client that may be showing up in the therapy room. Rather than simply asking, "How do we change this behavior?" we become curious about it: What is this part trying to communicate? What is it protecting? What does it need? Where did it learn to respond this way?

We also look closely at what is happening within the therapeutic relationship. When there appears to be resistance, we explore it rather than immediately assigning it to the client. Is the client resisting? Is something coming up for the therapist? Is there counter transference present? Is there something within the relationship that is asking us to look deeper?

Consultation becomes a space to explore these questions with curiosity rather than judgment.

My role is not simply to give you answers or tell you what intervention to use. I want to challenge you to go deeper—to strengthen your clinical intuition, expand the way you conceptualize your clients, and become increasingly aware of what is happening both in front of you and within you as you do this work.

I also believe that every therapist brings unique gifts into the therapy room. Some of those gifts are evident early in our careers, while others are discovered through experience, reflection, and being challenged to trust parts of ourselves we may not have fully recognized yet. Consultation can be a space to identify and cultivate those gifts and help you develop greater confidence in the therapist you are becoming.

We are all continually learning in this work. Sometimes another clinician can help us see something we couldn't see on our own—not because we aren't capable, but because there is power in exploring the work together.

We are all in this together.