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Clinical Supervision with Maria Suarez, LCSW — Hawaii + Arizona

Supervision that does not
make you perform
being okay.

The cases that keep you up. The moments you handled badly. The patterns nobody has named for you yet. That is what we work on.

If any of this is you

You leave supervision feeling like you performed well but didn’t actually learn anything.

You have a case you are genuinely stuck on and you’re not sure you can bring it without it reflecting badly on you.

You want a supervisor who will push back, not just validate everything you’re already doing.

You are a BIPOC or neurodivergent clinician in Hawaii or Arizona who wants a supervisor who gets what that means in the room.

3-5 Spots. Small by design.
2 States: HI + AZ
AZBBHE Approved supervisor
2 Formats: individual + group
LCSW Prelicensed candidates only
Who this is for

You’ll know in about ten seconds if this is you.

Prelicensed LCSW Candidates — Hawaii + Arizona

Tired of supervision where you perform your best cases and hope nobody notices the rest.

This is a different room. We work on the mess. The hard cases are not a liability here. They are the whole point.

3-5
Spots total.
Small by design.
BIPOC + Neurodivergent

A supervisor who actually gets what that means in the room.

Youth + High Conflict

The cases that exhaust everyone else are the ones I want to supervise.

Trauma, Perinatal, ADHD, Trans Care

If you are building a practice in any of these spaces, this might be your place.

Specializations that are rarely taught well in Hawaii or Arizona — and almost never supervised well. We go deep.

HI
+ Arizona.
Telehealth only.
What supervision with Maria looks like

Real supervision for clinicians doing real work.

“I provide a safe, nonjudgmental space for you to explore your feelings.”Just kidding. I have opinions and I will share them.

The goal is not to make you feel good about your cases. The goal is to make you a better clinician. That means bringing the case you handled badly, the moment you went off script, and the pattern in your countertransference that nobody has named yet.

You will be challenged

If you’re presenting the same case the same way for the third week in a row we are going to talk about why. Comfortable does not grow clinicians.

You will not be performing for me

Bring the mess. The session that went sideways. The moment you said something and immediately knew it was wrong. That is where the learning is.

Your identity is in the room

If you are BIPOC, neurodivergent or LGBTQ+, the specific ways your identity shows up clinically are a supervision topic, not a footnote. We name it and work with it.

Clinical focus areas

What we actually work on.

Depending on where you are in your development and what populations you serve in Hawaii or Arizona.

01

Trauma-informed practice

Knowing when to push and when to slow down. Working with dissociation, hypervigilance and freeze without escalating. Building confidence with the nervous system stuff.

02

Perinatal mental health

Postpartum depression and anxiety. Birth trauma. Infertility grief. The specific complexity of working with someone in a neurologically altered state.

03

ADHD + neurodivergent clients

Late diagnosis grief. Rejection sensitive dysphoria. The difference between accommodating and enabling. Not pathologizing while holding the clinical complexity.

04

Trans + gender affirming care

What affirmative care actually means in practice. Working with trans youth without gatekeeping. The difference between being technically affirming and actually being safe.

05

Countertransference + self of therapist

The stuff that gets activated in you and why. The ways your identity, history and nervous system show up in your clinical work. This is not optional.

06

BIPOC + culturally responsive practice

What culturally responsive care actually means beyond the checkbox. How race, culture and power show up in the therapeutic relationship.

The specifics

Format and details.

Everything you need to know before you reach out.

Who this is for

Prelicensed LCSW candidates

Accepting prelicensed social workers working toward LCSW licensure in Hawaii and Arizona. 3 to 5 spots total. This is not a supervision factory.

Format

Individual and group

Individual for focused one-on-one work on your cases and development. Group for the learning that only happens when you hear someone else name the thing you have been carrying alone.

Logistics

Telehealth, HI + AZ

All supervision via telehealth. AZBBHE approved supervisor. Frequency and scheduling discussed during initial consultation. Reach out to get on the waitlist.

Individual Supervision
$100 to $125

55 minutes   Sliding scale

One on one. Your cases, your development, your learning edge. Sliding scale because a tight budget should not be the reason you get a worse supervisor.

Group Supervision
$50 per person

90 minutes   Up to 5 supervisees   Flat rate

Group supervision is not the budget option. It is a different kind of learning. Hearing someone else name the thing you have been carrying alone is worth the 90 minutes.

Sliding scale is self-determined. No income verification, no awkward conversations. Pick the rate that is honest for your situation. The floor is $100.

Waitlist now open

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before spots open.

Spots are limited to 3 to 5 supervisees.
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Telehealth   Hawaii + Arizona   LCSW Candidates