Structured Consultation
While the logistical details may be modified to meet your needs, structured consultations generally take place weekly, biweekly or monthly, are 80-90 minutes long, and take place in a small group format of four to six participants. We open with a short, half-hour meditation, during which you are guided to explore a challenging moment in your clinical practice. Then we spend an hour processing together as a group, using theoretical models as well as personal and professional life experiences to make meaning of the emotions, impulses and thoughts that arose during the meditation. Together, the meditation and discussion lead to: hypotheses to test in your clinical practice; clearer, more focused questions to guide professional development choices; and steady growth in confidence in your ability to interpret your own internal cues in and out of session. Thus, you grow in your knowledge of your self in your role as therapist; you take intentional ownership of your philosophy of therapy development; and you cultivate explicit, nuanced awareness of your intuition (the subtle emotions, impulses and thoughts that arise from moment to moment) - including when it is founded in principles that are wise and skillful, and when it represents an unhelpful coping mechanism left over from a painful life experience.