Oregon Board-Approved Supervisor | NBCC Approved Clinical Supervisor
I supervise emerging clinicians, train counselors, and share the tools I built along the way.
Three ways in: clinical supervision toward your Oregon license, a training on writing letters of support for gender-affirming surgery, and a self-study guide for TGD care you can work through on your own time. Supervision’s just below — the other two are further down.
Getting licensed is a long haul. You’re doing real clinical work, often in under-resourced settings, while logging hours, managing paperwork, and trying to figure out what kind of therapist you actually want to be. Good supervision makes that process feel less like surviving and more like becoming.
I’ve been supervising Oregon PCAs and MFTAs since 2017. I’m an Oregon Board-Approved Supervisor and a Nationally Approved Clinical Supervisor through NBCC. I’ve supervised in nonprofits, private practice, and community mental health — and I’ve worked in all of those settings myself, so I’m not going to give you advice that only makes sense in a vacuum.
What Supervision with Me Looks Like
I’m person-centered to my core, which means supervision isn’t me telling you what to do — it’s us figuring out what you need to grow. I want to know your theoretical orientation, your instincts, your blind spots, and what lights you up. I’m genuinely interested in helping you build a career that’s sustainable and that actually fits who you are.
That said, I’ll also be honest with you. If something’s not working, we’ll talk about it. If you’re in a bad agency situation, I’ll help you think through it. If you’re burning out, I’d rather name it early than watch you white-knuckle through it.
Things I’m especially good at:
- Supporting clinicians working with unhoused folks, SPMI populations, and complex trauma
- TGD-competent practice and trans-affirming clinical frameworks
- Navigating agency politics without losing yourself
- Program development, group facilitation, and thinking beyond the individual therapy room
- The practical stuff: which hours count, how to read your board requirements, what to do when your agency supervisor isn’t cutting it
Additional Resources
Writing letters of support: a training for clinicians
Free to watch · assessment letter template included
I’ve written nearly 300 accepted letters of support for gender-affirming surgery. This training is everything I’ve learned doing it — how to write a letter that meets surgical and insurance requirements without pathologizing your client, plus the history of how clinicians ended up gatekeeping other people’s bodies in the first place.
Presented at TransPride YOUnited in 2023, and in a revised version at WMCHA’s Weaving Connections conference in 2026.
TGD care: a self-study guide
Not everyone has a supervisor who knows this material. So I wrote a guide for clinicians building competence in trans and gender-diverse care on their own — readings, framing, and the things I wish someone had handed me early.
