***For post-graduate supervision for MFTCs and LPCCs, see Supervision.***

The AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation identifies clinicians who have met the Association’s standards for supervisory education, experience, and practice. — American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

Mentorship

Supervision of Supervision toward AAMFT Approved Supervisor Designation

I provide mentorship for post-licensure Marriage and Family Therapists pursuing the AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation. This work focuses on how clinicians step into supervisory authority with clarity, ethical grounding, and sound judgment.

Mentorship is distinct from post-graduate supervision. It is supervision of supervision—an evaluative and formative process that examines how supervisory decisions are made, how responsibility is carried, and how authority is exercised when overseeing the work of other clinicians.

The Focus of Mentorship

Mentorship centers on how supervisors think, decide, and act in their supervisory role. Particular attention is given to:

• supervisory judgment under conditions of ambiguity and pressure

• ethical and evaluative responsibility when assessing readiness and competence

• authority without defensiveness, avoidance, or over-accommodation

• clarity of role, boundaries, and expectations

• systems awareness, including organizational, licensure, and power dynamics

• congruence between stated supervisory values and enacted practice

The emphasis is on how supervision is actually practiced—not how it is ideally described.

Who This Mentorship Is For

This mentorship is a strong fit for post-licensure MFTs who:

• are pursuing AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation

• currently provide supervision or are preparing to do so

• want direct, thoughtful feedback on their supervisory practice

• are willing to be evaluated, not only supported

• value structure, clarity, and ethical accountability

I work best with clinicians who are prepared to examine their supervisory stance honestly and to tolerate the responsibility that comes with endorsing others.

Structure and Commitment

Mentorship toward the AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation is offered at $125 per hour and requires a commitment of 36 mentorship consultations over approximately 18 months, consistent with AAMFT guidelines.

Meeting frequency is set intentionally and revisited as the mentorship progresses.

Areas of Mentorship Attention

Mentorship attends to the theory and practice of supervision, including supervisory philosophy, evaluative responsibility, applied supervision work, cross-cultural considerations, and self-of-supervisor processes. Attention is also given to the broader professional, ethical, and systemic contexts in which supervision occurs, including how supervisors position themselves within institutions, professions, and power structures.

Where relevant, mentorship may include engagement with scholarly thinking and writing related to supervisory identity and professional responsibility.

Endorsement

Endorsement toward the AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation is contingent upon demonstrated readiness and professional judgment and is not assumed.

Next Steps

If you are pursuing AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation and would like to explore mentorship, please email me with the following:

1. Licensure status and years in practice

2. Current supervision role (if applicable)

3. AAMFT designation stage or timeline

4. What you want mentorship to expand or clarify

5. Your availability and preferred cadence

I will respond with next steps and availability.

Literature supports effective AAMFT-approved supervision by integrating systemic, ethical, & developmental perspectives. Sources include: