Supervision for Therapists Who Want to Work Outside of the Therapy Room

Clinical work can happen in an office. Less commonly, it can also happen on a trail, beside a horse, with a therapy dog snuggling next to a client on the couch. My favorite time is in the quiet moments when the natural world helps a client access something words alone haven’t been able to reach.

I offer clinical supervision and consultation for therapists who want to deepen their work in trauma, attachment, nature-based therapy, and animal-assisted psychotherapy.

As a trauma and attachment therapist with extensive experience integrating equine-assisted, animal-assisted, somatic, and nature-based approaches, I’m especially passionate about supporting clinicians who are developing a practice that doesn’t fit neatly inside the four walls of a traditional therapy office.

Areas of Focus

Supervision can include:

• Trauma and attachment-focused case conceptualization

• Nature-based and ecotherapy interventions

• Equine-assisted psychotherapy

• Animal-assisted psychotherapy and the thoughtful integration of therapy animals

• EMDR, DBR, and trauma-processing considerations in experiential settings

• Somatic and nervous-system-informed approaches

• Therapeutic use of metaphor, movement, relationship, and the natural environment

• Clinical boundaries and ethics in nontraditional settings

• Risk management and documentation for outdoor and animal-assisted work

• Therapist use of self, countertransference, and relational dynamics

• Building confidence and developing your own authentic clinical style

Learning to Work With the here and now

Nature-based and animal-assisted therapy requires a different kind of clinical presence.

There is often less control over the environment—and far more information available within it.

A horse walks away. A dog moves toward a client at precisely the moment they become emotional. Weather changes the plan. Something happening outside the therapist-client dyad suddenly becomes part of the therapeutic field.

The work is not simply about adding an animal or taking therapy outdoors. It is about learning how to notice, assess, and therapeutically work with what is unfolding without forcing meaning onto the experience.

My goal in supervision is to help clinicians become more grounded, discerning, creative, and clinically intentional in this kind of work.

Trauma Therapy That Includes the Whole System

My approach is rooted in an understanding of trauma as something that affects far more than cognition. Trauma lives within attachment patterns, protective responses, the nervous system, relationships, the body, and the ways we make contact with the world around us.

Our supervision work may draw from attachment theory, EMDR, experiential and somatic approaches, equine-assisted psychotherapy, ecotherapy, and other trauma-informed frameworks.

Rather than teaching therapists to follow a rigid formula, I help clinicians strengthen their ability to understand why they are choosing an intervention, what is happening in the therapeutic process, and what their client’s system may actually need.

Who I Work With

Clinical supervision may be a particularly good fit if you are a therapist who:

• Wants to specialize in trauma or attachment work

• Is interested in nature-based or ecotherapy

• Works with horses, dogs, or other animals in a therapeutic setting

• Wants to integrate experiential approaches into an existing psychotherapy practice

• Feels constrained by exclusively office-based models of therapy

• Wants support navigating the clinical and ethical complexities of nontraditional therapy environments

• Values thoughtful mentorship alongside skill development

You do not need to already be practicing animal-assisted or nature-based therapy. Curiosity is enough of a place to begin.

A Different Kind of Clinical Development

Good supervision should help you become more clinically skilled.

I also believe it should help you become more yourself as a therapist.

Our work together is collaborative, curious, and grounded in both clinical rigor and respect for your own developing wisdom. We can slow down difficult cases, explore what is happening beneath the presenting problem, examine your own responses in the therapeutic relationship, and help you develop a way of practicing that feels ethical, effective, sustainable, and genuinely yours.

If you are drawn toward trauma work that includes relationship, embodiment, animals, and the natural world, I would love to support you in developing that practice.

Interested in Clinical Supervision?

Reach out to learn more about supervision availability, format, and whether working together would be a good fit.