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Clinical Consultation

As a therapist with over ten years of post-graduate experience, I offer consultation for other clinicians who want general support in their practice.  This page gives examples of the kinds of therapists and consultation topics I have worked with, but please feel free to contact me if you have another topic in mind.  If I don’t think I’m the right person to help you, I’ll let you know and will try to support you in finding someone else to consult with if I can.

Clinical Settings, Populations, Issues & Approach

I don’t necessarily need to have worked in the exact same type of setting as where you are working in order to be able to support you.  However, if your consultation questions are specific to a particular setting, client population, clinical issue or approach to therapy, I may be better able to support you if I am familiar and have some expertise with it.  These are the areas where I have the most experience:

• Community Mental Health
• Outpatient Therapy
• In-Person Therapy
• Virtual Therapy
• Adult Clients
• Trauma & Complex Trauma
• Grief & Loss
• Anxiety, Panic Attacks & Phobias
• Relationship Issues
• Life Transitions
• Stress Management
• Personal Growth

I have also worked with clients with depression, Bipolar Disorders, dissociative disorders, psychotic disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, suicidality, self-harm, insomnia, chronic pain, chronic illness, terminal cancer and more.

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My approach to therapy is experiential, trauma-focused and attachment-based.  If you use a more cognitive or cognitive-behavioral approach, I may be less familiar with the work you’re doing.  Some of the things I would typically suggest may also be outside of your own training and experience.  While it's not always necessary, it may at times be helpful to consult with someone whose training and approach are similar to yours.

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Please use these links if you would like to learn more about me, my areas of focus, my approach to therapy or the therapies I use.

Other Consultation Topics

Often the questions consultees ask are not specific to a particular setting, client population, clinical issue or approach to therapy.  I have experience supporting other therapists around a wide range of topics.  The following are some examples but not an exhaustive list.

• Starting a private practice, including developing intake forms and procedures, considering whether or not to take insurance, thinking through which technology platforms to use, etc.
• Networking and self-promotion
• Crafting ethical and therapeutic terminations, including recognizing when termination may be necessary even if counter to the client’s wishes and how to manage this
• Informing clients about upcoming changes to your practice, including schedule changes, changes in services offered, planned leaves of absence, leaving an agency or group practice, retirement, etc.
• Creating a professional will
• Navigating ethical dilemmas created when two ethical principles (or an ethical principle and a law) conflict
• Setting and maintaining appropriate boundaries with clients, including recognizing when clinical factors indicate a need for boundaries to be different with different clients
• Using self-disclosure effectively and ethically
• Examining your own emotional responses to interactions with your clients and acknowledging when this may indicate a need to seek your own therapy
• Engaging in therapist self-care, including what this really means and understanding why it’s important

© 2026, Heather Baron

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