Anti-Oppressive, Trauma-informed, Decolonized Clinical Supervision

Clinical supervision for healers, therapists, and mental wellness advocates

Culturally Expansive Group Supervision

  • What?

    A reflective, justice-oriented space for pre-licensed and early-career clinicians to grow with intention.

    This group supports clinical confidence, cultural humility, and trauma-informed practice through collaborative case consultation, identity exploration, and embodied learning.

    Grounded in anti-oppressive values, we invite gentle unlearning and deeper connection to self, client, and community. Ideal for clinicians seeking supervision that blends compassion, accountability, and critical consciousness.

    We honor intersectionality, acknowledge systemic influences on both clients and clinicians, and hold space for the emotional realities of this work.

  • Why?

    Traditional supervision models often center dominant cultural norms, prioritize clinical neutrality, and overlook the lived realities of both clients and clinicians navigating systemic oppression.

    As a result, many emerging therapists (especially those from BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, or marginalized backgrounds) find themselves unsupported, unseen, or pressured to conform in ways that harm their development and clinical integrity.

    This group supervision is a necessary response to that gap.

  • How?

    Through collaborative case consultation, identity exploration, and theory-to-practice integration, supervisees are supported in developing clinical confidence, cultural expansiveness, and embodied ethical awareness.

    This group is especially supportive for clinicians who: are committed to anti-oppressive, liberatory, or justice-centered work; want to explore their own identities and social locations in the clinical space; and are you navigating vicarious trauma, burnout, or learning trauma

    Supervisees will leave with tools for thoughtful case conceptualization, greater confidence in their clinical voice, and a deeper connection to both client work and their own professional identity.

    Here your experience is the wisdom.

Trauma informed Group Supervision | Dr. Mercedes Samudio

The Details

The group meets monthly,

9:30 am - 12:30 pm PST,

and the following schedule with times and topics:

  • September 20, 2025: Shame Proof Parenting

  • October 18, 2025: Decolonizing Trauma Work

  • November 15, 2025: Cultural Expansion

  • December 13, 2025: Working with Diverse Populations

  • January 10, 2026: Trauma-Informed Practices

  • February 17, 2026: TBA (Guest Speaker)

Each monthly session is:

  • 2 hours long

    • 1 hour for presentation/lecture

    • 1 hour group discussion/consultation

  • Come as you are

    • Bring your experience and your knowledge to the group as you are

  • Drop-in

    • You DO NOT have to attend all of them

  • Donation-based

    • Come when you need without worrying about your financial situation; max donation: $50 (use code GRP to donate $0-$49)

What You Leave With?

Professional Benefits

  • Sharpened case conceptualization skills that account for identity, trauma, and systems

  • Confidence in ethical decision-making grounded in real-world nuance

  • Frameworks for integrating social justice and clinical theory across modalities

  • Practice giving and receiving feedback in a collaborative, non-hierarchical space

  • Preparation for licensing exams and practice ownership from a values-aligned lens

Personal Development

  • Deeper awareness of your social location and how it shapes your clinical work

  • Healing from learning trauma and shame-based training in academia and internships

  • Opportunities for gentle unlearning of rigid clinical norms that no longer serve you

  • Room to explore your therapeutic voice, not just mimic a dominant model

Relational & Community Impact

  • Build community with like-minded clinicians who share anti-oppressive values

  • Reduce isolation and burnout by being part of a supportive, reflective space

  • Learn how to navigate power and privilege in the therapy room and supervision

  • Cultivate accountability that is rooted in care, not perfectionism

Shame Proof Parenting

#1 Amazon Bestseller | Award-Winning Guide for Raising Whole, Healthy Kids

Parenting doesn’t need more shame—it needs more connection.

Whether you're navigating tantrums, tween emotions, or teenage rebellion, this book helps you:

  • Communicate with clarity

  • Discipline without guilt

  • Build a parenting style that actually works for you

If you’ve ever wondered, “Am I doing this right?”—this is your answer.

  • Raising a shame-proof child means learning how to heal the parts of us that were raised in silence

    Dr. Mercedes Samudio

  • We need to love ourselves and each other enough to disrupt generational harm.

    bell hooks

  • Your child doesn’t need perfection—they need your love, your boundaries, and your presence.

    Shame Proof Parenting Proverb

  • Every time you choose connection over control, you’re changing your family’s future.

    Shame Proof Parenting Proverb

  • You are your best thing.

    Toni Morrison

  • Even as we grieved, we continued to parent. That is radical.

    Ijeoma Oluo