Supervision
Supervision is the practice of meeting regularly with another mental health professional using training, knowledge and skills to discuss casework and other professional issues in a structured way. The purpose is to assist the practitioner to learn from the supervisors experience and expertise, as well as to ensure good service to the client or patient.
I am available to supervise masters and doctoral level practitioners who want supervision while accruing licensing hours. This can be done as an adjunct to their existing work or on a “use of license” contract basis. I also provide supervision to licensed professionals seeking additional supervision support.
In instances where there is enough need, supervision can additionally be offered in group format.
The focus of supervision varies depending on the supervisee’s needs and can range from nuts and bolts psychotherapy skills to more advanced supervision topics such as examining one's self in role, issues of transference, ethical considerations and more complex client presentations.
“Dr. Beth Robbins has the rare ability to integrate clinical skills with down-to-earth people skills. She is an excellent communicator and manager, which allows her to mediate all kinds of situations for optimal outcome. Helping people legitimately gives her joy. This contributes to her overall resilience and creativity in approaching difficult problems”
““Beth has a wide range of expertise from many theoretical frameworks. She is clear, supportive and enthusiastic in the role of supervision and teaching and brings a breadth of experience.””
““Dr. Beth Robbins was my first clinical supervisor in graduate school. Dr. Robbins was able to take my educational theory knowledge and connect it to several different theoretical approaches. She knew not only the theory but the practical approach and case studies. I learned so much in that one year with her.
Since then I have had other supervisors none of which took the time and interest in my professional and personal growth as much as Dr. Robbins did. She was not only interested in my clinical skills but also in my personal growth. She was one of the only people I could trust enough to allow her to not only supervise my work but also help me develop as a person.””
“Beth is an excellent supervisor. Over the past two years, our monthly meetings have been invaluable. Her intuitive style and in depth knowledge of many therapeutic modalities has helped me develop the confidence and clinical skills to maintain a successful practice.
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““I have had the pleasure and privilege of working under the supervision of Beth Robbins. Beth has the unique and rare balance of qualities that make her not only a wonderful supervisor but a great leader and overall just an excellent psychologist. Of the list of such coveted competencies as intelligent, knowledgeable, highly skilled, compassionate, attuned, decisive, clear, quick, flexible, easy to talk to and works extremely well under pressure, Beth Robbins is All Of the Above. She has been without question one of my favorite supervisors and colleagues!””
““Dr Robbins was an excellent guide in my development as a psychotherapist. She encouraged my ability to connect to patients and meet them where they were presenting in terms of their psychopathology. She was very useful with regard to encouraging CBT based interventions and also formulating patients through a psychodynamic lens. I always felt as though she was supportive of my journey to become a better therapist. She seemed to understand my parallel process alongside that of a patient in a way I myself could not always perceive. I highly recommend working with Dr Robbins if you seek to develop your technical skills in addition to your own self-awareness as a practitioner.””