I have never seen a therapist with less than twenty years’ experience, so they’re no longer under formal supervision. Several mentioned informal supervision or consultation about me. It’s always come across to me as a means for self-justification of (what I think are) their mistakes, or just impractical.

For instance, last session Info mentioned she had sought consultation over my hearing disability and the advice she got was “just be with her over it.” I asked what that meant and got slightly-changed versions of the same phrase: “sit with her over it.” Useless. [emoji57]

I could give her better advice over it, but apparently I don’t count.

ETA: my point is that just because a therapist seeks consultation or supervision, it doesn’t mean it’s a plus for the client. Just as the quality of therapy one receives depends on the quality of the therapist, so too with supervision. I would be careful not to mistake supervision for quality.