Supervision

Clinical Supervision for Pre-Licensed Social Workers

Telehealth supervision for MSW graduates working toward LCSW licensure in Indiana — grounded in a developmental approach and trauma-informed practice.

Is this supervision a fit for you?

You may be a good fit if you are:

• An MSW graduate accumulating supervised hours toward your LCSW in Indiana

• Working in a setting where trauma, ACEs, or complex client histories are common

• Looking for a supervisor who can help you understand not just what to do with clients, but why

• Ready to reflect deeply on your own reactions, patterns, and growth as a clinician

My approach to supervision

I use a developmental framework — meaning supervision is tailored to where you actually are in your clinical growth, not a fixed curriculum you move through on a set timeline.

Early in your career, you need concrete guidance, a space to process uncertainty, and a supervisor who can model clinical thinking. Over time, the work shifts toward building your own internalized framework as a clinician.

My clinical background is in trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and much of our work together will draw on those lenses — regardless of your specific client population. Understanding how early experience shapes the adults in your caseload changes how you listen, how you intervene, and how you take care of yourself in the room.

What we'll work on together

• Case conceptualization — understanding the whole person, not just the presenting problem

• Trauma-informed assessment and treatment planning

• Managing countertransference and vicarious trauma

• Navigating ethical dilemmas with confidence

• Building your clinical identity and voice

• Indiana licensure requirements and documentation

The details

• Format — Individual, 1:1

• Modality — Telehealth (Indiana)

• Fee — $120 / hour

• Frequency — Weekly or biweekly (what works best for you)

Supervision hours are documented to meet Indiana LCSW licensure requirements and it is your responsibility to ensure you are meeting current requirements. A supervision agreement is provided at the start of our work together.

About your supervisor

I'm Heather Beery, MSW, LCSW — a licensed clinical social worker specializing in trauma, adverse childhood experiences, and adults navigating midlife and beyond. I practice in Bloomington, Indiana in person and throughout Indiana and Florida via telehealth.

I came to this work later in life, after more generalized human services work and then a long career in IT. That transition was deliberate and hard-won, and it changed how I understand what it means to choose this profession as an adult with a full history behind you.

That background shapes the supervision I offer. I know what it's like to sit in a classroom decades younger than your classmates, to carry a different kind of confidence into clinical training — and a different kind of self-doubt. I know what it's like to leave a stable career because something finally felt true. And I know that the clients most likely to land on your caseload are often people doing exactly that: reckoning with who they've been and figuring out who they still want to be.

If you came to social work as a second career — or simply came to it as someone with more life behind you than the typical new graduate — I understand that experience from the inside. That's not the only reason to work with me, but for some supervisees, it matters.

That experience informs my perspective, but supervision with me isn't only for career-changers. Whatever path brought you to this work, the clinical growth we do together is the same.

My clinical lens is trauma-informed and grounded in a developmental approach to supervision, meaning I meet you where you are rather than moving you through a fixed curriculum. We'll work on your cases, your clinical thinking, and your growth as a practitioner — at whatever stage of that journey you're in.

Ready to explore supervision together? Reach out to start the conversation.