Clinical Supervision Requirements (LCSW)
Supervision toward licensure or specialty recognition must extend over a full 3000 hours over a period of not less than 24 full months
Has had a minimum of 100 hours of supervision, over the course of the 3000 hours of supervised experience, with a Council approved supervisor.
Supervision toward licensure or specialty recognition may occur in one-on-one sessions, in group sessions, or in a combination of one-on- one and group sessions.
Supervises must participate in four hours of supervision each month in at least two supervisory sessions each month
Click here to see the rules and regulations required by the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=4&ti=22&pt=34&ch=781
Samantha is accepting new supervisees!
Clinical supervision is an important commitment and investment in your career as a clinician. Supervising social workers is such a rich and enjoyable process for me because I get to facilitate personal and professional growth, learn from supervisees, and be a resource to guide you on your professional career path.
I have over eight years of clinical experience in the Austin community working with diverse populations including adolescents and adults that are unhoused, severe mental illness, domestic violence, developmental trauma, poverty, chronic illness, racism, transitional angst, grief, and emotional dysregulation. I am trained and draw from a diverse set of theoretical orientations including somatic healing, Polyvagal theory, EMDR, psychodynamic and relational models, mindfulness, strengths-based and interpersonal neurobiology. I teach and empower supervisees to decolonize care, actively work on anti-racism in practice, and critically evaluate systemic harms related to race, culture, class, sexuality, gender, and neurodiversity.
Supervision Style
I offer clinical supervision through a mix of group and individual meetings to provide a well-rounded dialogue and experience of clinical expertise and exposure. I draw from diverse treatment modalities with an emphasis on providing practical clinical tools to immediately begin using in session. My practice is centers anti-racism, trauma-informed, Attachment Theory, Somatic Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness, and cognitive interventions. Supervision is delivered in an individualized format using role-play, case conceptualizations, verbal and non-verbal processing, and mixed media resources to fit each supervisees’ learning needs. I enjoy collaborating with supervisees to create treatment plans, identify resources, dream up decolonized approaches to care, and strengthen their clinical and professional identities.
My Path to Clinical Practice
I received my Master’s in Social Work from The University of Texas at Austin in 2014. My first job after grad school was at The Salvation Army downtown where I provided therapeutic services to the most vulnerable women in the community helping them access housing, basic needs, and safety. I facilitated healing through women's support groups that provided validating and empathic interactions that affirmed their identities. While doing that work, I noticed the pervasive overlap between untreated mental health and trauma concerns with those experiencing homelessness, so I sought out further mental health education/training through employment at the local mental health authority in Travis County. There I had the opportunity to provide clinic-based therapeutic services on an interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurses, and social workers. I then took on a role as a community-based therapist providing in home therapy to individuals living in affordable housing. I also volunteered to teach clients and colleagues about practicing anti-racism through psychoeducation, role-playing, resource linkage, and holding space for healing. I served on the Diversity and Inclusion Council where I worked on a language access group to improve access to mental health services and resources for the top five languages in Austin. I also volunteered to teach Care for Culture once a month where I facilitated conversations about health disparities in mental health care, biases, and ways to disrupt racism and marginalization.