Professional Supervision
Neuroaffirming Professional Supervision
For practitioners and researchers navigating complex practice, professional identity and transitions, ethical or relational tensions, and changing capacity or ways of working.
We currently have availability for new supervision clients. Please complete our Supervision Intake Form before booking so we can confirm fit and suitability.
Online via video or phone · Mondays & Tuesdays · 9am–4pm AEST
A space to think, reflect and find your way forward
Supervision does not always begin with a clearly defined challenge.
You might be navigating a complex practice situation, questioning an established way of working, experiencing changes in your professional identity or capacity, or simply sensing that something no longer fits.
My approach to supervision creates space to slow down, make sense of what is happening and explore what a more ethical, sustainable and neuroaffirming way forward might look like.
What you might bring
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A complex practice situation without an obvious answer
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Ethical, relational or systemic tensions
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Changes in professional identity, values, roles or direction
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Changing capacity, embodied needs or sustainable ways of working
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Questions about meaning, purpose or what comes next
What we do together
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Pause and notice what is happening, including what may be difficult to name
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Connect personal, relational, organisational and systemic layers
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Examine patterns, assumptions and competing considerations
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Bring lived experience, research and practice into conversation
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Explore possibilities without forcing certainty
What can emerge
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Greater confidence in your professional judgement
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Clearer language for what you have been experiencing or sensing
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Greater clarity about your values, role or direction
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More intentional boundaries and sustainable ways of working
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A grounded decision, next step or question to carry forward
Who I work with
I have a particular interest in working with allied health and human services professionals, including Social Workers and AMHSWs, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists, counsellors, peer workers and NDIS providers.
You do not need to work exclusively with neurodivergent people. My supervision is particularly suited to practitioners who are curious about, committed to, or actively unlearning their way into more neuroaffirming, relational and context-responsive ways of working.
I can support you to develop a more neuroaffirming approach to your work, particularly with Autistic, ADHD, gifted, PDA and multiply neurodivergent people. This can include moving beyond compliance-based, deficit-focused or “fix the individual” approaches towards practice that centres autonomy, identity, nervous system safety, relational attunement and systemic context.
Neurodivergent Professionals
If you are neurodivergent yourself, supervision can also be a space to explore how your neurodivergence intersects with your professional practice, identity and sustainability.
As a neurodivergent practitioner myself, I understand many of the additional layers neurodivergent professionals can encounter, including masking, invisible labour, sensory and social load, executive functioning differences, relational complexity and navigating neuronormative professional systems.
Rather than separating these experiences from professional practice, we can explore how they interact with your values, boundaries, capacity, relationships and ways of working.
The aim is not to make you better at tolerating an unsustainable way of working. It is to develop ways of practising that are ethical, sustainable and more congruent with who you are.
Do you need support with...
My supervision is grounded in the Ripple Framework of Neurodivergent Flourishing, a framework I developed for exploring identity, sustainability, connection, systems, meaning and impact as interconnected parts of professional practice.
This is especially for practitioners who are not only learning neuroaffirming practice, but trying to live it: in their work, their bodies, their boundaries, and their professional identities. This gives us a way of exploring what you bring to supervision without reducing the complexity of your professional experiences.
Documenting Neuroaffirming Practice
Explore how to document your work in ways that are ethical, professionally sound and aligned with neuroaffirming practice, including advocacy, support needs, contextualising distress and reducing pathologising language.
Reflective Practice Without Shame or Performance
Reflect meaningfully on professional and ethical decisions, successes, uncertainty and challenges. The focus of reflection is creating enough safety and clarity to keep learning, noticing, repairing and aligning your practice with your values.
Holding Complexity, Ethics, and Practice Challenges
Explore complex cases, systemic barriers, ethical dilemmas, risk, workplace tensions or uncertainty while considering context, power, consent, professional obligations, client autonomy, systemic constraints and your own capacity.
Developing Neuroaffirming Skills and Strategies
Develop practical approaches to communication, therapeutic work and support that account for Autistic and ADHD experiences, masking, burnout, shutdown, sensory and communication differences, consent and collaborative relationships.
Navigating Burnout, Systems, and Workplace Dynamics
Explore workplace conflict, role strain, competing priorities and sustainability, including masking, sensory and social load, executive functioning supports, disclosure, adjustments, expectations and whether your current environment is asking too much of you.
Building a Sustainable, Values-Aligned Career or Practice
Explore professional identity, career transitions, private practice, AMHSW accreditation or changing how you work, while considering not only professional aspirations but capacity, autonomy, sensory needs, meaning, values and boundaries.
AMHSW Supervision
As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW), I can also support Social Workers working towards AMHSW accreditation.
This may include identifying whether you meet the eligibility criteria, exploring gaps in knowledge, skills, training or experience, and supporting you to prepare for the application process.
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Supervision FAQ
Are you currently accepting new supervision clients?
Yes. We currently have availability for new supervision clients. Please complete our intake form before booking so we can confirm fit and suitability.
How and when are supervision appointments provided?
Supervision is provided online via video or phone, with appointments generally available Mondays and Tuesdays between 9am and 4pm (AEST). Current appointment availability can be viewed through the online booking system. Sessions are available one-on-one, with flexible frequency to suit your needs and capacity.