What is it like to work with Kathy?
Kathy’s preferred approach to counseling and providing supervision to a developing counselor is both eclectic and adapting to the present moment. She likes the seven-eyed model that attempts to integrate perspectives of a client and supervisee with the supervisor’s perspective along with theoretical choice of intervention. While there is no absolute right way to do therapy, there are multitude of wrong ways. Encouraging a supervisee to remain present and authentic with a nonjudgemental attitude of acceptance while providing support as the most empowering tool they can provide to their client serves as the goal for supervision.
Grounding the supervisee with knowledge of theory, ethics, and practical tools is the starting point. Kathy finds it vital to recognize that each person that walks though our door brings unique experiences and gifts that need to be seen and watered. By being with them in a relational grounded way, we model for them a way to be in the room with themselves as well as their clients. Kathy likes to stress the sacredness of what we do while recognizing the exponential number of individuals our work will impact. It is important for her to model self-care, self-awareness, and humility. Humility allows us to learn from each other recognizing that learning and growth continues to our last breath. The alchemy of the therapeutic dyad requires that both client and therapist are open to be altered by the experience.
The seven-eyed model takes into account the context of one’s life including family, friends, culture, and the entire world in which we live. It fits well with Kathy’s theoretical background of analytical psychology because it acknowledges the multiplicity of the world within each individual as well as commonalities. Kathy’s intention is to remind each supervisee of their humanity and the meaningfulness of the work they will do. The work changes the life of their client, but also everyone that person will encounter forever. It is exponential. Ethical behavior becomes easy once they recognize the significance of the work they are doing.
Current ALCs
Sahara Page MA, ALC
A recent counseling graduate, Sahara's work truly began over seven years ago when she started individual counseling with a depth psychotherapist. A passion for research grew within her, and she has dedicated herself to mapping the archetypal patterns of dreams.
Her integrated approach has grown to honor the psychic complexity of working with clients and couples that have insecure attachment through a psychodynamic lens. Using transference and projection frameworks, she helps clients find mirror points that reflect outward from their inner worlds onto their relationships.
Clients can expect a safe judgement-free space to work through their deepest patterns they have never been able to address and to truly meet the unconscious content ready to emerge within their psyche.