Approved supervision
AAMFT Approved Supervisor standing, with supervision that connects licensure requirements to the clinician you are becoming.
Clinical supervision
Clinical supervision with an AAMFT Approved Supervisor.
Clinicians come to supervision with decisions that deserve careful, relational attention.
Why clinicians choose to work with Issy
Clinical supervision shaped by experience and authenticity.
Breadth across practice
Clinical experience across the lifespan, including individual, couples, family, child, and adolescent populations.
Integrated care perspective
Experience of building therapy and psychiatry services within one practice.
Affirming and systemic
An affirming, culturally responsive lens and a relational frame for understanding people, families, teams, and systems.
Supervisory philosophy & approach
Look at the case holistically.
My supervisory approach is relational and systemic. We slow down clinical decisions to ask what is happening in the room, what the client and the wider system may need, and what evidence, culture, power, and ethics ask of us. Most importantly, we meet the client where they are at.
Complex and high-risk cases call for structure as well as reflection. We clarify risk, assess the limits of the clinician’s role, consider consultation and documentation, and identify the next responsible step. We can examine a treatment plan, a rupture, a stuck moment, or the feeling a client’s story evokes in you without losing sight of safety and accountability.
The aim is not to make a clinician dependent on supervision. It is to develop sound judgement that travels with you: the ability to notice patterns, tolerate uncertainty, make an ethical decision, explain your reasoning, and revise course when new information emerges.
I wrote more about the ideas and experiences behind this approach in A Personal Philosophy of Supervision.
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Relational and collaborative
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Curious about context and culture
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Guided by ethics and attachment
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Practical enough for real clinical work
Who it’s for
Who I supervise and consult with
Associates working toward licensure
Structured supervision that connects your day-to-day clinical work with licensure requirements and the larger arc of becoming a confident, ethical therapist.
Licensed clinicians seeking consultation
A confidential place to work through a difficult case or a new challenge in practice.
Group practices and clinical teams
Consultation and group supervision that strengthens shared language, reflective practice, and support for the clinicians doing the work.
Format & experience
Flexible enough for real practice.
I offer individual and group supervision in person in Seattle and virtually across Washington. We can build a rhythm that supports licensure requirements, clinical responsibility, and the reflective work that makes supervision meaningful.
“My goal is to help clinicians hold both humanity and ethics: to know what they’re doing, why they’re doing it, and how to stay present while they do it.”
Issy Kleiman, MA, LMFT · AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Start a conversation
Let’s talk about what would support your practice.
Tell me a little about where you are in your work and what you’re looking for. I’ll follow up with next steps, availability, and fit.
supervision inquiry
Supervision inquiry
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