What Supervisees Look for in Supervision
Choosing the right clinical supervisor is one of the most important steps in your development as a therapist. Supervision isn’t just about meeting a requirement. It’s about shaping who you are as a clinician. Most supervisees are seeking more than oversight; they’re looking for mentorship, safety, and authentic growth.
A great supervisor creates a space where you can show up fully. Where questions are welcomed, vulnerability is honored, and mistakes are seen as opportunities to learn. You want a supervisor who not only helps you sharpen your clinical skills but also deepens your understanding of yourself as a therapist. This includes exploring your personal reactions in session, strengthening your clinical intuition, and gaining confidence in your professional identity.
Finding the Right Fit for Your Growth
Supervisees value a supervisor who provides structured feedback and clinical insight while maintaining warmth and approachability. You want to feel supported in taking risks, trying new interventions, and discussing challenging cases without fear of judgment. A strong supervision relationship helps you connect theory to practice, integrate ethical and cultural considerations, and ultimately deliver more attuned and effective therapy to your clients.
At its best, supervision helps you feel both grounded and inspired, developing not just your skill set, but your sense of purpose and presence as a therapist.
Who I Supervise
Student Interns (University Practicum and Internship Students)
If you’re completing a practicum or internship as part of your graduate program, you’re likely seeking hands-on guidance, reassurance, and a chance to integrate your classroom learning into real-world clinical work. You want a supervisor who helps you build confidence, supports your development of foundational counseling skills, and helps you navigate your first experiences with clients. Supervision at this stage focuses on clinical basics, ethical grounding, case conceptualization, and developing your personal voice as a therapist, all within a compassionate and structured environment.
Nevada State Interns (MFT/CPC Interns Pursuing Licensure)
For Nevada State Interns working toward licensure, supervision is about refining your craft. You’ve built your foundation, now you’re ready to deepen your competence and find your professional rhythm. You’re looking for a supervisor who can challenge you thoughtfully, help you expand your theoretical understanding, and support your ongoing professional identity development. Together, we’ll work toward clinical mastery, confidence in complex cases, and sustainability in your career as a licensed therapist. Helping you build your caseload, prepare and pass your exam, and become the next leaders in the therapy field in Nevada. If you are looking for a supervisor for your state internship, click here to learn more about supervision.
My Credentials and Qualifications
I’m Tyler Rich, LMFT (NV License #2609), an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor, and I’ve been providing clinical supervision since 2020. I’ve been in private practice since 2015, and I earned my Ph.D. in Clinical Sexology. In addition, I am both an AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT).
I offer comprehensive, trauma-informed clinical supervision for Nevada MFT and CPC Interns. All supervision is delivered both in-person and virtual format, making it accessible, convenient, and consistent with your schedule and location needs.
My supervision approach is grounded in evidence-based practices and informed by a broad range of clinical theories. My goal is to help each supervisee develop confidence, ethical awareness, and a clear sense of professional identity. Whether you are beginning your clinical journey or preparing to launch your own private practice, supervision with me provides the guidance, structure, and encouragement you need to succeed.
My Supervision Philosophy and Approach
My overarching goal as a supervisor is to empower learning therapists to know thyself, trust thyself, and use thyself when working with clients. Supervision, in my view, is less about “checking boxes” and more about growing up as a therapist and developing your internal compass, your confidence, and your ability to sit deeply with the human experience.
Supervision with me is a dynamic, reflective process. We will discuss interventions, explore countertransference, analyze cases, and reflect on the self-of-the-therapist, all in a supportive, structured environment. Becoming a confident, grounded clinician begins with creating a safe space to think critically, ask challenging questions, and grow intentionally.
What You Can Expect:
- Multiple Clinical Lenses – You’ll learn to approach cases with curiosity and flexibility, drawing from trauma-informed, attachment-based, and depth-oriented models.
- High Standards of Ethics – We’ll keep ethical, legal, and cultural considerations involved, including developing cultural humility and curiosity, front and center, so that you can practice with integrity and confidence.
- Support for the Whole Clinician – Bring your challenges, emotions, and professional uncertainties, all without judgment. Supervision is a place for growth, not perfection.
Modalities and Focus Areas
I help interns and associates develop foundational and advanced skills in:
- Self-of-the-Therapist Work: Understanding countertransference, boundaries, and the therapeutic relationship.
- Jungian or Depth Psychotherapy: Exploring the inner world, symbolism, and the nature of the human psyche.
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): Working through attachment and emotional processes with couples and individuals.
- Sex Therapy: Addressing sexual functioning, intimacy, desire, affairs, sexual identity, and non-traditional relationship structures.
- Private Practice Building: Guidance on creating a sustainable, values-driven practice that fits your life and long-term goals.
Supervision Fun Committee
Supervision isn’t just about learning, it’s about connecting. One of the most rewarding parts of joining as a student intern or state intern under Dr. Tyler Rich is the opportunity to network and form meaningful relationships with other developing therapists.
Each internship group has 3 to 4 interns who lead what we affectionately form The Fun Committee. A small team dedicated to planning exciting, community-building events that help everyone unwind, laugh, and bond outside of sessions. These gatherings are all about connection, collaboration, and creating memories together.
Past events have included everything from pizza nights and karaoke to escape rooms and dinners out on the town, and yes, Dr. Rich generously covers most of the cost! These shared experiences create a sense of belonging that extends into supervision sessions, allowing interns to feel safe, supported, and comfortable sharing more authentically with one another.
Dr. Rich’s goal is simple: to help you build not just your clinical skills, but also a strong professional network of trusted peers in the Vegas Valley. Because being a great therapist isn’t only about discussing cases or self-of-the-therapist work, it’s also about surrounding yourself with a community that inspires growth, laughter, and lifelong friendships.
Supervision Documents
Before reaching out, you can check out some of the standard supervision documents I go over with all of my Nevada State Interns.
- Supervision Contract
- Soical Meida Polciey
- Basic Informed Consent
Ready to Begin?
If you’re a Nevada State Intern seeking a qualified AAMFT-approved supervisor or a student intern searching for a supportive practicum experience, I’d love to connect.