Good clinical work benefits from having its own container — a place to think out loud, get stuck, and be supported by someone who has sat with the same kinds of pain you're sitting with. I offer individual consultation year-round, and this fall I'm running two psychodynamic groups through Forbes Individual & Family Therapy, where I serve as Director of Clinical Training.
Both meet for six Friday mornings by Zoom and carry nine CAMFT-approved CEUs for LMFTs and LCSWs. One is an introduction for people newer to psychodynamic work; the other is for clinicians already practicing it who want to go further. Spots are deliberately few.
A consultation group for clinicians who want to learn more about — or go deeper into — the psychodynamic thinking already shaping their work. Each week pairs a preselected reading with case presentation, so the theory stays tethered to the people you are actually sitting with.
Topics include: Relational therapy, intersubjectivity, trauma, the clinical use of transference, affect regulation, and identity.
An introductory reading and consultation group for trainees, associates, and clinicians who want a working knowledge of psychodynamic therapy — not just the vocabulary, but a feel for how it changes what you actually do in the room. The readings are chosen for understanding, and the group is built around discussion and questions.
Topics include: Foundational assumptions, pathology, developmental theory, conceptualization, and more.
One-on-one consultation for therapists who want a regular space to think through cases, sharpen their clinical formulations, and work through what comes up for them in the room — including their own countertransference. We work from a depth-oriented, psychodynamic, relational, and trauma-informed lens, whether you're early in your career and building your clinical foundation or further along and wanting to deepen it. This runs on its own schedule rather than in cohorts, so we can start whenever you're ready.
Let me know what you're after, whether that's individual consultation or one of the two fall groups, and I'll get back to you.
