Supervision offered by Claire

What is supervision?
I think of supervision as a structured and collaborative space created between supervisor and supervisee, built on trust and respect. I place strong emphasis on reflection, self-enquiry, accountability, and learning from experiences. Supervision supports you to develop your professional knowledge and skills to deliver safe, high-quality care for your clients. My approach is non-judgmental, empathetic, and curious. I’m intentional about creating a safe and supportive space for you to grow as a clinician in the direction that support your career goals. I undertake supervision myself, so you benefit not only from my support, but the support of my supervisor.

Supervision provides space for you to discuss clinical and non-clinical things such as:

• Clinical decision making and treatment planning eg. how to proceed when feeling “stuck”
• Professional boundaries and ethical dilemmas
• Working with multidisciplinary teams
• Time management, workload, and administrative pressures
• Professional development
• Self-care as a clinician
• Operating a private practice

A little bit about my experience
I’ve successfully established and run two private dietetic practices since completing my dietetics degree in 2012. I sold my previous practice prior to taking a career break to have children and I’ve operated my current practice since 2020. Alongside my client work, I’ve enjoyed mentoring newly-graduated dietitians as part of the Provisional APD Program with Dietitians Australia.

As well as operating my current practice, I’m employed as a casual academic at Curtin University, where I teach dietetic students and medicine students about weight stigma, weight-neutral healthcare, and the Non-Diet Approach. The Non-Diet Approach is a framework for dietitians to reject diet culture and offer weight-neutral, size-inclusive nutrition care to clients. Dr Fiona Willer has a terrific online course on the Non-Diet Approach available here

What I bring to supervision
I know how isolating it can feel to be a non-diet, size-inclusive dietitian in a predominantly weight-centric industry that normalises diet culture. I’m passionate about changing the culture of dietetics to reduce the harm that weight bias and weight stigma cause.

As a neurodivergent person myself, I understand the unique challenges that neurodivergent clinicians face in a professional setting and I bring this understanding to working with neurodivergent supervisees. I also work with neurotypical supervisees.

I’m a member of the queer community and I bring this lived experience to working with supervisees of all different identities and orientations.

Next steps

If you’d like to work with me, the next step is to book a free 20 minute introduction session to see if we feel like a good fit. Please submit the form below and I’ll reply to you within 1 – 2 business days. I look forward to meeting you.