Dylan Lopich

Supervision Approach

I provide clinical supervision for qualified psychologists and therapists working with adult clients. My approach to supervision reflects how I think about clinical work - focusing on the therapeutic relationship, emotional process, and the patterns that emerge between therapist and client.

Supervision explores what happens in the room between you and your clients - the feelings that get stirred up, moments of confusion or difficulty, and the ways clients' relational patterns show up in the work. We pay attention to countertransference as useful clinical information rather than something to eliminate. When you feel stuck, frustrated, protective, or detached with a client, these responses often illuminate something important about their inner world and relational patterns.

I'm interested in the emotional impact of the work on you as the therapist. Clinical practice inevitably involves difficult feelings - uncertainty, inadequacy, anger, helplessness. Creating space to acknowledge and explore these feelings helps you use them constructively rather than having them interfere with the work.

Supervision can also address parallel process - the ways dynamics from the therapy relationship sometimes emerge in supervision itself. This isn't something to avoid but rather a rich source of insight into what's happening with your client.

I work collaboratively and pragmatically. While my foundation is psychodynamic and relational, I'm comfortable supervising work across different therapeutic approaches. The focus remains on deepening your understanding of your clients and developing your clinical thinking.

Supervision is available weekly or fortnightly, in person at my Victoria practice or online.