About me...

Hello!

I'm Dr. Suzan Thompson and l'm thrilled that you've found this website and my information. ​

​Here's just a little about my background: 

After being a master's degree counselor for 5 years, I decided to return to my educational roots to earn a doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision in 1991.  Little did I know how much I would LOVE being a clinical supervisor! So, in the process or learning more about counseling and therapy, I also learned how to be a supervisor. And then I became an even better therapist.

In 1998, I earned the Approved Clinical Supervisor certification from the National Board for Certified Counselors while licensed as a counselor in North Carolina. Shortly after that, I became a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia. 

I view supervision as a collaborative process, so the supervisory relationship is as important to me as my professional relationship is with clients. 
 
Since 1999, I’ve provided LPC supervision to a wide variety of mental health counselors and I’m still learning. Being a supervisor has made me more conscious of what I’m doing as a counselor. It’s stretched and challenged me and made me open to new ways of thinking and doing the work.

As a full-time faculty member at Old Dominion University from 2005 to 2014, I taught introduction to and advanced counseling skills courses to master's level students as well as introduction to AND advanced supervision to doctoral students. In my position as clinical coordinator for practicum and internship experiences, I provided loads of supervision to master's and doctoral students. Throughout that time, I also supervised Residents in Counseling in Virginia. 

After leaving academia and returning to full time private practice work, I created and started teaching the "Clinical Supervisor Toolkit", a supervisor training geared toward private practice clinicians in Virginia. It's an online, experiential training that consistently gets high marks for its resources and information as well as practical application of research.

I hope you'll contact me if you have questions about the training and join my email list. Please know I love being a resource to other professionals, so you're welcome to contact me. 

I look forward to speaking to you!
Dr. T
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2025 Schedule of Classes & Events

January
3 Publish monthly supervision video
 
4 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
 
6 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm (LPC Supervisee list)

17 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO

18 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO


20 MLK & Inauguration Day Holiday

25 January + 1 & 8 Feb  (Saturdays) Clinical Supervision Toolkit Class 12-6:30 pm INFO
February
​1 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO


3 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm
 
7 Publish monthly supervision video
 
10-13 Visit VB; see clients in person
 
17-21 OFF!
17 President’s Day Holiday
 
15 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO

​21 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO
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28 Supervision Master Class #1
March
1 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO

3 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm

7 Publish monthly supervision video on YouTube
7 Presenter, Virginia Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (VACES) 2025 Conference at Norfolk State
 
15 ​(Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
 
18 Clinical Skills Refresher Class 6-7pm

​21 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO

21 (Friday) Ethics Class 3-4pm INFO; ​
“Are You an Impaired Professional?”
Part 1 in a 4-part series 
April
4 Publish monthly supervision video
 
5 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO


7 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm (LPC Supervisee list)
 
11 Supervision Master Class #2


18 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO

19 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
 
20 Easter
May 
2 Publish monthly supervision video on YouTube
 
3 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO


5 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm
 
9 Invited presenter at Online Ethics Summit
 
11 Mother’s Day

16 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO

​17 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
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22-27 Possible trip to MA for training
26 Memorial Day
 
26-30 OFF
June
2 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm
 
6 Publish monthly supervision video
6 Supervision Master Class #3
 
7 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO


14, 21 & 28 (Saturdays) Clinical Supervision Toolkit Class 12-6:30 pm INFO


15 Father’s Day
 
17 Clinical Skills Refresher Class 6-7pm
 
19 Juneteenth

20 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO
20 Ethics Class 3-4pm “Impaired Professionals Process and Sanctions: The Role of the (Va.) Board of Counseling”
Part 2 in a 4-part series

21 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO      
July
4 Publish monthly supervision video on YouTube
 
5 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
 
7 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm
 
18 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO

19 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
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20-23 Presenter at VSAIS in Williamsburg
 
25 Supervision Master Class #4 10am-4:30pm 
August
1 Publish monthly supervision video on YouTube
2 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO

4 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm
 
4-8 OFF
 
16 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO

15 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO
September
1 Labor Day
 
1 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm
 
5 Publish monthly supervision video on YouTube
 
6 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO


16 Clinical Skills Refresher Class 6-7pm

19 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO

​​19 (Friday) Ethics Class 1-2pm INFO “The Road to Redemption: Life After Ethics Violations in Counseling”
part 3 of 4

​20 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
October
3 Publish monthly supervision video on YouTube
 
4 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
4, 11 & 18 October (Saturdays) Clinical Supervision Toolkit Class 12-6:30 pm INFO


6 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm
 
13 Columbus/Indigenous People Day
 
17 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO

18 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
November
1 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO


3 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm
 
7 Publish monthly supervision video on YouTube
 
11 Veteran’s Day

​15 ​(Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
 
21 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO
           
​27-28 Thanksgiving
December
1 Clinical Consultation Group 5-6pm
 
5 Publish monthly supervision video on YouTube
 
6 (Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO


16 Clinical Skills Refresher Class 6-7pm

19 (Friday) Supervision Consultation Group 1-2pm INFO
​                      
​19 (Friday) Ethics Class 3-4pm INFO
“Lessons from the Field: Preventing Professional Impairment” part 4 of 4

20 ​(Saturday) EFT Group 10-11:15am INFO
 
24-1 Jan OFF