- Professionals seeking ongoing case consultation can schedule standing appointments. Individual appointments can be scheduled as needed to address a specific clinical or professional concern.
- Group consultation is available for groups of 3 to 5 clinicians. Group members are matched according to clinical background and consultation goals.
My approach
Our patients recreate problematic relationship patterns with us in the therapy relationship. Our unavoidable participation in these patterns provides a crucial window into our patients’ difficulties.
Our unexpected participation in problematic relational patterns necessarily stirs up difficult feelings for us. It is not a question of if we experience difficult feelings but whether or not we use them constructively, as a source of understanding. Parallel feelings and patterns can emerge in clinical consultation (the phenomenon of “parallel process”), often providing rich insights into clinical dilemmas.
Because clinical consultation is most helpful when therapists speak openly and freely, I work to foster the mutual trust and respect necessary for open communication. In theoretical terms, I try to provide a frame that facilitates exploration of transference, countertransference, enactments, and parallel process.
Consultation sessions typically move fluidly between discussion of process, discussion of theory, and practical clinical guidance. I draw on multiple theoretical models according to their relevance to the patient. One theoretical lens does not fit all.
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