Clinical Consultation
for Therapists
Dr. Lavonne Zwart Schaafsma
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Doctor Lavonne uses telehealth services for meetings.
Please contact me to schedule an appointment.
As a therapist, you are vulnerable to isolation and burn-out.
When you commit to ongoing clinical consultation, you gain fresh ideas on your therapeutic technique as well as an awareness of how you are functioning within the therapist-client relationship.
In my opinion, the greatest tool to staying relevant in this profession is committing to ongoing, clinical consultation.
My Approach to Clinical Consultation
Consultation is distinct from therapy.
Like therapy, consultation touches on personal reactions, perspectives, family of origin issues, and beliefs about self; however, consultation focuses on your therapeutic experience with your clients.
Clinical consultation improves therapeutic technique as well as builds an awareness of how you are functioning in the therapist-client dyad. Some call this the craft of therapy.
“Improving technique; building self-awareness”
Building self-awareness as a therapist.
This insightful article digs deeper into the importance of ongoing consultation, focusing on a therapist’s own self-awareness.
Therapeutic Group Consultation
Kirk Brink, PhD, and Richard Raubolt, PhD, ABPP have developed and grown a model of group clinical consultation, which I have personally benefitted from over the course of my career. You can find my personal testimonial in their book called Opening Hearts, Opening Minds: Therapeutic Group Consultation.
This model is described on their website, which includes a link to their book.
“Shifting the supervision conversation from what to do with the patient, to what to do with the therapist who is treating the patient!”
My Approach to Clinical Consultation
Consultation is distinct from therapy.
Like therapy, consultation touches on personal reactions, perspectives, family of origin issues, and beliefs about self; however, consultation focuses on your therapeutic experience with your clients.
Clinical consultation improves therapeutic technique as well as builds an awareness of how you are functioning in the therapist-client dyad. Some call this the craft of therapy.
“Improving technique; building self-awareness”
Building self-awareness as a therapist.
This insightful article digs deeper into the importance of ongoing consultation, focusing on a therapist’s own self-awareness.