While race is a major organizing structure of American society and is thus intimately intertwined with how we understand and experience the world, how we see ourselves, how we move in the world, and how we relate to others, most white professionals in the mental health field have minimal consciousness of our own racial identity or of the impact of our racial socialization on our practice of therapy and supervision. Our training and induction into the field is steeped in a colorblindness that prevents us from disrupting the racial status quo and invites us to perpetuate harm through the reproduction of white supremacy.

 

A Certified Clinical Supervisor, I offer specialized support for mental health professionals navigating the complexities of race and culture in their practice. I have a special passion for accompanying white clinicians and supervisors in the emotionally-fraught process of developing their own white racial identity as a foundational element of effective cross-racial work and equity-focused therapy & supervision. Together we co-create the safe space necessary for compassionately and honestly examining white privilege, addressing white fragility, and building stamina for meaningful conversations about race, privilege and racism that move beyond denial to the ongoing development of critical consciousness.

 

In my experience, culturally humble care requires continuous self-reflection, accountability, and a willingness to be changed by encounters with difference. Whether you’re supervising or providing therapy to racially minoritized trainees or helping white trainees develop racial awareness, my supervision and consultation services center on compassionate growth while maintaining an active commitment to anti-racist practice and the dismantling of white supremacy within mental health systems, beginning within each of us.