Choosing the Right Clinical Supervisor: A Message to Texas Social Workers (LMSW)

If you're an LMSW in Texas ready to embark on or continue your clinical supervision journey, selecting the right supervisor is a crucial professional decision. You're investing not only your finances but also your growth, confidence, and identity as a clinician. Supervision should be supportive, structured, and inspiring.

Under the expert guidance of Dayana Zamora, LCSW-S, our supervision model ensures a meaningful, ethical experience that aligns with your long-term goals as a social worker.

Why Our Supervision Model Excels

Dayana Zamora LCSW-S, brings a wealth of leadership, clinical, and supervisory expertise to the supervision process. Her approach combines structure with compassion, accountability with encouragement, and clinical excellence with human connection.

Experience Highlights:

• Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council Approved LCSW Supervisor

• Over a decade of leadership experience in agency and academic settings

• Oversight of clinical training for master’s-level students

• Founder and clinical leader in private practice settings

• Supervision of numerous social work supervisees and interns across diverse practice environments

• Deep understanding of agency, outpatient, school, nonprofit, and private practice operations

• Highly organized, systems-oriented, and intentional about the supervision process

• Supervision is available in both individual and group formats, allowing supervisees to choose the structure that best supports their learning style and professional needs.

• Virtual supervision options are accessible for social workers across Texas.

  
  

What to Expect in Supervision

Supervision is more than case review—it's a space for reflection, growth, and professional identity development. In supervision, you can expect:

• Clinical case consultation to enhance assessment, diagnosis, and intervention skills

• Ethics and legal updates to ensure best practices and compliance with Texas regulations

• Theory integration and clinical techniques, focusing on refining your therapeutic voice

• Guidance on documentation and clinical note writing

• Discussion of emerging research and trends in the mental health field

• Reflective supervision, acknowledging that who you are impacts the work you do

• Support for work-life balance, burnout prevention, and sustainable practice

• Exploration of specialization, helping you identify the populations and issues that ignite your passion

• Cultural humility and competency, grounded in social work values

• Flexible scheduling and virtual accessibility

• Clinical Orientation & Training Foundations

• Supervision is informed by strong clinical foundations, including:

  • Trauma-informed care principles

  • Complex trauma treatment

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

  • Attachment theory

  • Polyvagal theory

  • EMDR

This integrative approach supports supervisees working with adolescents and adults experiencing trauma, attachment disruptions, life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, and relational challenges.

Who Is a Perfect Fit for This Supervision?

This supervision model is ideal for social workers who:

• Respect the ethics, boundaries, and responsibilities of the social work profession

• Are motivated, reliable, and committed to their professional development

• Value feedback and see supervision as a collaborative process

• Are open to learning, reflection, and growth

• Are interested in working with youth and/or adults

• Are committed to cultural awareness, equity, and ethical practice

About Dayana Zamora, LCSW-S

Beyond her professional role, Dayana values connection, balance, and authenticity. She is passionate about supervision, clinical excellence, and mentoring the next generation of social workers. Raised in the Valley, she offers virtual supervision to social workers throughout Texas.

Let’s Connect

If you're seeking clinical supervision that is structured, supportive, and grounded in social work values, we would love to hear from you. We look forward to supporting you on your journey toward clinical licensure and professional fulfillment.

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