I am a Black, trauma-trained Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a clinical supervisor
for social workers in West Virginia. Supervision is online, so you can work with me from Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Parkersburg and Beckley, or from the southern coalfield counties.
West Virginia does not require board pre-approval of your supervisor, so we can begin whenever you are ready.
Who I supervise
I work with pre-licensed social workers building toward independent licensure, and with licensed
clinicians who want consultation on cases outside their training.
My supervisees tend to be people carrying the hardest caseloads in their agencies — complex trauma
and PTSD, autistic and ADHD clients, developmental and intellectual disabilities, serious and
persistent mental illness, and clients living with poverty, rural isolation, or the ordinary
exhaustion of moving through systems that were not built for them.
Why West Virginia
West Virginia has among the most acute behavioural health workforce shortages in the country, and its clinicians carry a caseload shaped by generational trauma, chronic pain, substance use and poverty — often with the least support of anyone in the field. Supervision here is not a formality. It is the difference between staying in the profession and leaving it.
How I supervise
Eleven years across schools, hospice, medical social work, crisis response and corrections taught me
not to flinch at hard things, and that is what I bring to supervision. You will not be handed a
reading list and told to reflect.
We work on real cases. Where you are stuck, what you are avoiding, what your gut is telling you that
you have not said out loud yet. I will tell you when I do not know something, and I will tell you
when I think you are wrong.
My practice is trauma-informed and neurodivergent-affirming. Masking is not a treatment goal for my
clients and it is not one for my supervisees either — you do not have to perform competence you do
not feel yet.
I am EMDR trained and EMDRIA certified. If you are working toward trauma competence, that is
something I can help you build.
What supervision covers
Case conceptualisation and treatment planning. Trauma-informed practice and EMDR-informed
stabilisation. Neurodiversity-affirming work without shame, masking or compliance as goals.
Working with serious mental illness. Documentation, ethics and risk. Culturally responsive practice.
Rural and telehealth practice. And the part nobody schedules — how to keep doing this work without
it hollowing you out.
Fees
Individual supervision — $100 per hour
Group supervision — $80 per person, per session
Groups run small. You will know everyone in the room.
West Virginia board requirements
West Virginia’s board lists 3,000 practice hours over at least two years and 100 supervision hours. Its supervision rule states that applicants should receive at least one supervision hour per 30 practice hours, with at least half the supervision individual. Supervision cannot begin until the board approves the contract, the supervisor must meet board approval and training requirements, and HIPAA-compliant video supervision is acceptable.
Getting started
Email krishana@mappingrt.com or book a consultation. We will talk about where you are in the
process, what your board requires, what you are working on, and whether we are a fit. There is no
charge for that conversation and no obligation.
Together, we map the way forward.