Collaborative Consultation for Therapists & Helping Professionals
Sometimes you need another perspective on a clinical question without needing ongoing clinical supervision. I offer clinical consultation for therapists, psychotherapists, and other helping professionals who are working with complex situations and want space to think things through with someone who brings a different perspective.
My areas of consultation include religious and spiritual trauma, high-control and authoritarian religious environments, queer and trans clients, gender exploration, embodiment and somatic approaches, and relationships and family structures outside traditional models.
A Collaborative Approach to Consultation
My approach to consultation is collaborative rather than prescriptive. You bring your clinical knowledge and understanding of the situation; together, we can slow things down, get curious about what is happening, and explore possibilities.
We might look at a clinical formulation, consider what may be missing from an existing framework, explore a difficult therapeutic dynamic, or think about how identity, power, trauma, spirituality, or relationships are shaping a client’s experience.
I am particularly interested in the places where conventional clinical frameworks don’t quite capture what a client is experiencing. Consultation can be an opportunity to expand the lens we’re using without losing sight of the person in front of us.
Religious Trauma & Spiritual Trauma Consultation
I offer specialized consultation for therapists working with clients who have experienced religious trauma, spiritual abuse, religious coercion, or high-control religious environments.
There is a growing body of research on Religious Trauma Syndrome, but significant gaps remain in our understanding of how authoritarian religious systems can shape the nervous system, identity, relationships, and sense of safety. I am particularly interested in the ways fear, shame, love, belonging, obedience, and safety can become deeply intertwined.
Consultation can provide space to explore these experiences when they don’t fit neatly into more familiar trauma or mental health frameworks, and to consider how religious programming may continue to influence a client’s relationships, beliefs, body, and sense of self.
Queer, Trans & Gender Consultation
I also offer consultation for clinicians supporting queer, trans, non-binary, and gender-expansive clients. This can include questions about gender exploration, identity, sexuality, relationships, embodiment, and the ways larger systems of power and belonging shape a client’s experience.
As a queer, non-binary therapist, I bring both clinical knowledge and lived experience to this work while recognizing that no one person’s experience represents an entire community.
Consultation for Complex Clinical Questions
Consultation may be useful when you find yourself thinking:
“I know what I usually do, but something about this feels different.”
“I can’t quite find a formulation that makes sense of what I’m seeing.”
“I’m noticing something in myself that I don’t know what to do with.”
“The framework I’m using doesn’t seem to capture my client’s experience.”
These are often the moments when another perspective can be most useful.
Consultation isn’t about finding the one correct answer. It is about creating enough space to think differently, notice more, and expand your clinical options while staying grounded in your own professional judgment.
Consultation or Clinical Supervision?
Consultation and supervision can overlap, but they serve different purposes. Clinical supervision is an ongoing professional relationship that includes clinical development, ethical practice, use-of-self, and professional accountability. Consultation is typically more focused and can be used to think through a particular client, clinical question, or area of practice.
If you’re unsure which would be the better fit, we can talk about what you’re looking for and what kind of support would be most useful.