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N O R T H C E N T R A L U N I V E R S I T Y: N C U M F T S U P E R V I S O R C O R N E R 6 Tell us about your clinical training/licensure, experience, and current work setting/location. I am currently an LMFT, licensed in North Carolina, and a doctoral candidate in MFT at NCU. My counseling experience goes back to 1998, when, as an ordained rabbi, I did pastoral counseling for couples and individuals. In 2011, I joined the U.S. Army as a chaplain. In the Army, I was selected to get training as a marriage and family therapist. I was sent to Texas, where I studied and completed my MS in MFT at Texas A&M University-Central Texas. I was stationed at Fort Hood working as an MFT intern at the Family Life Center. After leaving the Army, I worked as a hospital chaplain before deciding to pursue a doctorate in MFT. As part of my program, I interned at a private practice. I then continued in the practice for both my associate and full MFT licensure and completed AAMFT supervisor-in-training hours. Currently, I am in my own private practice, seeing both individuals and couples. I use SFBT, experiential, and attachment models with individuals and EFT and Gottman with couples primarily. Describe your supervision style in three words and explain each. Models: I work with supervisees on developing an understanding of the basics of systemic models and observe/discuss their application. Self: I challenge supervisees to look at themselves through the lens using Person of the Therapist tools. Compassionate: Although supervision is NOT therapy, I offer a welcoming ear to work with supervisees through their struggles in their practice of MFT and offer guidance, wisdom, and advice. What do you enjoy most about supervising? Learning about other colleagues and their own journey into the therapeutic world. I believe in a warm, supportive collegial atmosphere. How has your supervision been impacted by the increase in telehealth? I think telehealth has opened possibilities to reach and impact a broader number of supervisees and has allowed for additional flexibility with scheduling. What motivates you in your clinical and supervisory work? Truly aiding and supporting clients and supervisees. It provides a meaningful experience where I, too, learn and grow in the process. SUPERVISOR SPOTLIGHT Michael Gisser, LMFT