Specializations
Adults,Anxiety,Depression,Personality Disorders,Psychiatric - DSM
I am an LCSW with over 20 years of experience that includes an inpatient acute psychiatric setting, an intensive outpatient program, an outpatient clinic, and a private practice. I have worked extensively with patients suffering from psychotic disorders, personality disorders, mood disorders, and substance use. A vast majority of them have a history of trauma; therefore, I am always focused on trauma-informed care in my practice. My professional interests include, but are not limited to, suicide and depression and are reflected in my publications on the topic. I am trained primarily as a psychodynamic psychotherapist and my clinical, as well as supervisory, work is informed by traditions of psychoanalysis. I am quite flexible, however, in my approach, as I strongly believe that we have to be led by the patients’ clinical needs rather than strictly by a certain theoretical framework. My supervision philosophy is flexible as well. While I believe in rigorous clinical training, I am in support of my supervisees’ developing their own clinical style and pursuing their own professional interests in the treatment modality of their choice, whether it is CBT, DBT, family systems, mindfulness or any other approach that speaks to them. In terms of my credentials as a supervisor, I completed a 2-year Advanced Clinical Supervision program at Smith College and for the past 15 years have been supervising social work interns in their field placements and new MSW graduates towards licensure. If you are interested in working with me, I suggest that meet for a 15-minute free of charge session to assure that it is a good fit both professionally and personally.
Describe your current practice:
Inpatient and outpatient mental health, private practice
Where did you get your MSW?
Wayne State University
What was your area of concentration?
psychodynamic social work
What continuing education activities have you been involved in during the past year?
Various conferences and seminars through CT Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and a 2-day workshop at the annual AGPA (American Group Psychotherapy Association), as well as CEU grand rounds at the Institute of living.
Supervision Fees:
$90
County:
Fairfield,Hartford,Litchfield,New Haven,New London,Tolland,Windham,Middlesex
Address where the supervision will take place:
I am only available for virtual sessions.
Email mikhailovaolga@hotmail.com
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