The American Counseling Association Supervision in Counseling Virtual Summit is a national professional development event designed for clinical supervisors, counselor educators, and mental health professionals working in agency, school, academic, and private practice settings.

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In this session, participants are introduced to Cyclical Gardening Therapy® (CGT)—a holistic, nature-based framework adapted for clinical supervision. Drawing from the natural stages of plant growth, CGT offers a nourishing model for supporting supervisee development through reflection, pruning outdated patterns, cultivating strengths, and harvesting professional insight. This approach encourages deeper emotional regulation, ethical grounding, and self-awareness—especially valuable when supervising neurodivergent clinicians or those at risk of burnout. Attendees explore how to incorporate CGT’s seasonal metaphor into supervision meetings, evaluations, and documentation. 

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"My goodness, what a wonderful, metaphor-rich and encouraging presentation! Not only are you a wonderful, patient and informative speaker, but your wisdom and richness of creativity and encouragement is abundant! I really appreciate the creative and nourishing approach to our work as supervisors, and your ability to teach and translate gardening and growth concepts into clinical supervisory concepts and behaviors is phenomenal! The cycling of the seasons, the phases of growth, and the encouragement to "blend it in" were helpful and dynamic. "Small organic insights" and "cultivating whole humans" are keepers! Thank ~ thank ~ thank you for such a thoughtful, kind and creative presentation." ~Summit Attendee