Supervision is of paramount importance in my practice as a creative arts therapist. It gives me an outside perspective of my therapeutic encounters, allows me to process my experiences and offers me the highest level of self-care. I find that Carla’s holistic approach to supervision offers all of this and more and I experience each session with her as both a guiding light and a soft place to land.

Brodie Caporn, Creative Arts Therapist
Carla van Laar
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2019-05-13T11:19:56+10:00
Supervision is of paramount importance in my practice as a creative arts therapist. It gives me an outside perspective of my therapeutic encounters, allows me to process my experiences and offers me the highest level of self-care. I find that Carla’s holistic approach to supervision offers all of this and more and I experience each session with her as both a guiding light and a soft place to land. Brodie Caporn, Creative Arts Therapist
“Professional supervision with Carla has been integral to my counselling practice. Carla provides a warm and encouraging environment that allows me to feel comfortable exploring and expanding the edges of my understanding and capabilities. Sharing in Carla's deep knowledge of theory and wealth of practical experience has shaped my own practice significantly. However, most fundamental has been the exquisite humanity Carla embodies in relation to this work. In her provision of this, Carla is unique indeed.”

 

- Murray, Holistic Counsellor.
Carla van Laar
2019-06-13T18:59:54+10:00
“Professional supervision with Carla has been integral to my counselling practice. Carla provides a warm and encouraging environment that allows me to feel comfortable exploring and expanding the edges of my understanding and capabilities. Sharing in Carla's deep knowledge of theory and wealth of practical experience has shaped my own practice significantly. However, most fundamental has been the exquisite humanity Carla embodies in relation to this work. In her provision of this, Carla is unique indeed.”   - Murray, Holistic Counsellor.
"Carla has a way of enriching a person's self through the art of compassion, creativity and imagination.  She has a genuine, caring nature about her and can bring out the best in people.”

~ Natasha, Art Therapy student.
Carla van Laar
2019-06-13T19:00:31+10:00
"Carla has a way of enriching a person's self through the art of compassion, creativity and imagination.  She has a genuine, caring nature about her and can bring out the best in people.” ~ Natasha, Art Therapy student.
“I have known Carla in a variety of capacities and most recently as my supervisor. I began supervision at a time when I was finding it particularly challenging to manage some organisational changes including more detailed case notes for clients with a history of complex trauma. I feel so much more confident with the documentation requirements and found supervision with Carla to not only be an immense support throughout the transition but also an invaluable space for personal and professional development. Carla is extremely skilled and experienced and has a compassionate and direct approach. I highly recommend Carla as a clinical supervisor for those practitioners who wish to better support themselves and their clients.”

~Anjali Sengupta, Dance/Movement Therapist.
Carla van Laar
2019-06-13T18:59:22+10:00
“I have known Carla in a variety of capacities and most recently as my supervisor. I began supervision at a time when I was finding it particularly challenging to manage some organisational changes including more detailed case notes for clients with a history of complex trauma. I feel so much more confident with the documentation requirements and found supervision with Carla to not only be an immense support throughout the transition but also an invaluable space for personal and professional development. Carla is extremely skilled and experienced and has a compassionate and direct approach. I highly recommend Carla as a clinical supervisor for those practitioners who wish to better support themselves and their clients.” ~Anjali Sengupta, Dance/Movement Therapist.
Supervision is essential for good practice. It's about accountability to yourself and the families you work with. My experience of supervision with Carla has been nurturing with just the right amount of challenge that has allowed me to further my therapeutic skills. She has a way of unfolding the issue alongside you, and uses her experience and skills to question, explore options, and gather a deeper understanding of topics bought to the table.

Avrille Burrows, Mental Health Social Worker and Art Therapist
Carla van Laar
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2019-05-13T11:22:03+10:00
Supervision is essential for good practice. It's about accountability to yourself and the families you work with. My experience of supervision with Carla has been nurturing with just the right amount of challenge that has allowed me to further my therapeutic skills. She has a way of unfolding the issue alongside you, and uses her experience and skills to question, explore options, and gather a deeper understanding of topics bought to the table. Avrille Burrows, Mental Health Social Worker and Art Therapist
My supervision sessions with Carla were priceless. I found in her a supportive supervisor with whom I felt held, safe and heard. Carla helped me address my concerns and find a way forward in moments of difficulty and also offered open guidance whenever I felt stuck. I found her large experience as a practitioner invaluable and after our sessions I would always feel reassured and a little bit wiser. Thank-you Carla for being a key player in my development as a therapeutic arts practitioner!

Marta, Therapeutic Arts Practitioner
Carla van Laar
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2019-05-13T11:21:33+10:00
My supervision sessions with Carla were priceless. I found in her a supportive supervisor with whom I felt held, safe and heard. Carla helped me address my concerns and find a way forward in moments of difficulty and also offered open guidance whenever I felt stuck. I found her large experience as a practitioner invaluable and after our sessions I would always feel reassured and a little bit wiser. Thank-you Carla for being a key player in my development as a therapeutic arts practitioner! Marta, Therapeutic Arts Practitioner
I highly recommend Carla van Laar for practitioners seeking supervision in counselling, art therapy and the helping professions. She is compassionate, down to earth, relatable, creative, has a strong drive towards ethics and integrity and inspires these qualities in others. I find her encouraging, supportive, a good listener and wise counsel. She has helped me to be a better counsellor, facilitator and support worker than I would have been without her guidance, help and insight.

Tom Hope, Holistic Counsellor
Carla van Laar
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2019-05-13T11:20:28+10:00
I highly recommend Carla van Laar for practitioners seeking supervision in counselling, art therapy and the helping professions. She is compassionate, down to earth, relatable, creative, has a strong drive towards ethics and integrity and inspires these qualities in others. I find her encouraging, supportive, a good listener and wise counsel. She has helped me to be a better counsellor, facilitator and support worker than I would have been without her guidance, help and insight. Tom Hope, Holistic Counsellor
Carla is very accomplished as an artist and art therapist. She has great passion and love of creative expression and has a wonderful way of sharing her enthusiasm and joy. She has helped me to expand my own creative process, be more expressive, focused and yet more playful with paint.  Highly recommend her professional and personal development workshops and classes.

- Elisha Lawry, Psychologist
Carla van Laar
2019-07-04T12:28:41+10:00
Carla is very accomplished as an artist and art therapist. She has great passion and love of creative expression and has a wonderful way of sharing her enthusiasm and joy. She has helped me to expand my own creative process, be more expressive, focused and yet more playful with paint.  Highly recommend her professional and personal development workshops and classes. - Elisha Lawry, Psychologist
Carla is a thoughtful and compassionately direct supervisor whose perspective is backed by years of experience. I'd strongly recommended her for supervision for art therapists and counsellors alike.

Max Milne, Artist & Art Therapist
Carla van Laar
5
2019-05-13T11:16:33+10:00
Carla is a thoughtful and compassionately direct supervisor whose perspective is backed by years of experience. I'd strongly recommended her for supervision for art therapists and counsellors alike. Max Milne, Artist & Art Therapist
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Carla van Laar
Dr Carla van Laar

is a Clinical Registrant and Accredited Supervisor

with PACFA

– The Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia,

and is listed on the Australian Register of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (ARCAP).

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Carla offers two different styles of supervison:
Supervision Studio – ONLINE
Individual 1:1 either in person or online

“When I am meeting a new potential supervisee, I explain that the Supervision time is your time, and we work together to decide how best to use it. My style as a Supervisor is clinical, reflective and arts-informed. Supervision is a private, safe and confidential space.”

Debrief – this is a confidential space where it is OK to talk about your work in ways that you can’t in other settings because of your own confidentiality agreement with your clients.

Brainstorm creative responses – I offer you my experience and expertise in imagining ways that you might work with your clients using creative methods.

Discuss ethical issues and risks – when complex issues arise it is essential that you do not carry the burden alone. Together we plan how to respond professionally, ethically, safely and caringly.

Process the personal impact of your work – No-one can keep themselves totally separate from their work. We all get affected by what we do. Sometimes we can be really affected. At these times, supervision is imperative to help us process, gain perspective, feel cared for and learn.

Self-care – Supervision is part of your commitment to look after yourself in order to function well enough to help others. Self-care is something that many of us need to be reminded and make time to do – otherwise it just might not happen. Self-care helps us to nurture our resilience and capacity to keep going. Self-care helps us to maintain our own health. It is a way of valuing ourselves, and walking our talk.

Supervision Studio

$150 – 2.5 hours

Small groups in an ONLINE studio setting

Art based and Experiential methods

Bring your practice experiences to workshop

Story, Art, Drama and Community focused

Register for Supervision Studio
 

Individual Supervision

$160 per hour

One on one private consultation with me
Address challenging ethical issues
Personal growth and self care
In person in Inverloch OR online from anywhere

Register here for Individual Supervision

Especially useful when:

you have a number of clients to discuss,

challenging issues to address,

complex feelings about your work,

or need some extra self-care.

Watch Dr Carla's 1 minute introduction to Super Vision Studio