Professional Clinical Supervision & Clinical Consultation
Are you an allied health professional seeking to expand your clinical skills, knowledge, and experience in counselling, mental health, and social services?
Do you want professional guidance to integrate trauma-informed and trauma-focused approaches into your practice?
Whether you're a new graduate, a seasoned clinician looking to expand your existing knowledge, skills and practice; or a social worker, counsellor, or psychologist looking to transition into a new field of practice, Reach Your Potential Counselling offers the comprehensive support you need. Cathie provides tailored clinical supervision and clinical consultation to meet your unique professional and clinical needs.
Benefit from the expertise of a Clinical Consultant with a wide range of clinical and professional practice, dedicated to supporting your professional growth, career progression, and skill enhancement.
Cathie’s Clinical, Work and Supervisor Experience
Cathie brings a wealth of experience to her role with over 20 years of clinical social work practice. In the last 10+ years, Cathie’s work has focused on trauma counselling to adults and young people. Her integrative approach to clinical practice incorporates a diverse range of modalities, allowing her to tailor her approach, treatments and interventions to address the specific needs of each individual and their presenting issues, resulting in a uniquely effective client care experience.
Cathie has spent over 10 years fostering the professional growth of her colleagues through clinical supervision, consultation, coaching, and mentoring. Her clinical guidance has benefited colleagues to provide high quality and standard of care to clients, improved professional practice, increased longevity and work-life balance, and increase job satisfaction and self-care. Key benefits include:
Enhanced clinical knowledge and application of theoretical frameworks to practice and interventions.
Improved ability to manage challenging and at-risk situations effectively.
Critical incident debriefing to support emotional and professional resilience.
Strengthened professional identity aligned with personal and ethical values.
Support in navigating complex workplace challenges.
Strategies to prevent and manage vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout.
Cathie’s Approach to Clinical Supervision and Clinical Consultation
Cathie uses a critical reflective framework and holistically incorporates clinical, educational, supportive and administrative elements into supervision. Recognizing the unique learning styles, professional development needs, and career stages of each supervisee, Cathie collaborates closely to define and achieve their professional and supervision goals, tailoring the process to meet individual needs.
Through her extensive experience, training, and expertise, Cathie guides colleagues in identifying, developing, expanding, and transferring their skills, knowledge, and experiences across diverse roles and positions. Her approach is designed to foster and maintain professional identity, confidence, role clarity, job satisfaction, and work-life balance.