Professional background
Christian Logerstedt, MSW, LCSW, LICSW
For over 7 years, I have worked primarily in end-of-life care and older adult behavioral health. I have substantial formal and on-the-job training in clinical ethics and bio ethics and in several therapeutic modalities including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Prolonged Exposure Therapy to enhance both my agency work and my private therapy practice, which I began in June of 2023. My experience extends to serving people with chronic illness, depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, bipolar spectrum illness, addiction, PTSD, and grieving individuals using an integrated approach to care that centers client values and strengths to enhance the change process. My social work practice is trauma-informed and liberation centered. In addition to my private practice, I am employed full time by the PACE program at Providence St Joseph Health in Milwaukie, OR.
CSWA Virtual Supervision
Fees
$90/hour
Availability
Weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly meeting options with Fridays, evenings, and weekends available
OR and WA approved
Credentialed to supervise social work associates in both states
Specialties: psychotherapy, hospice, palliative care, behavioral health, medical social work
My approach
Strengths-based
Social work associates bring an abundance of professional and lived experience to the supervisory relationship. It is my priority to elevate the associate's capacity for inquiry and employ socratic methods of supervision before offering advice or correcting the associates clinical decision making or professional judgement.
Supportive
While it is the supervisor's responsibility to protect the public from unethical social work practice, it is vital that supervisors model psychological safety so associates feel they can bring their most vulnerable parts to the supervision process in order to build self-knowledge and professional competence. I utilize parallel process and as an instructional method to help build associates' confidence and regularly explore issues of countertransference with my supervisees.
Liberation-centered
I choose to center and prioritize issues of oppression and justice in my approach to supervision. Social work is not a values-neutral profession and has a long history of both advocating for justice while remaining complicit in coercive professional agendas. Where there is the opportunity, we will evaluate the presence of oppression in clinical practice and identify action plans and interventions to disrupt it with confidence and integrity.