Visionary Supervisor Spotlight: Alex Regalado

We are all about celebrating amazing mental health leaders and clinical supervisors, with plans to highlight one visionary supervisor each month!

This month’s spotlight is: Alex Regalado, LCSW CSC

What types of supervision do you offer and to whom?

I provide clinical consultation for individual and groups for therapists who are independently licensed, along with agency consultation for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). In Colorado, I provide clinical supervision to LSWs and LPCCs. Additionally, I have my LMSW in New York state and am awaiting approval for my LCSW. Once approved, I may begin clinical supervision for social work, mental health counseling, and marriage and family therapist candidates. Furthermore, I am awaiting licensure approval in Washington state so that I may begin providing individual, group, and triadic clinical supervision in Washington for LICSW and LASW candidates.

What makes you a visionary in supervision?

I’ve always approached supervision with reverence. It’s a responsibility and honor that I approach with great respect. In so doing, I approach the supervisory relationship with an empowerment-based approach. Balancing both transparency, support, and education, my goal has always been to create a brave space that challenges supervisees to become comfortable with the uncomfortable. This certainly is not easy work and I have always promoted spaces that help supervisees develop their own professional identities without fear of judgment. I also think this is critical when working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ therapists and supervisees who may feel alienated from exclusive spaces of learning. I’ve worked with many BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ clinicians who, stepping into their own professional identities, have expressed fear of rebuke. As a BIPOC supervisor, I’ve witnessed this play out time and time again and using my position of privilege, have found a responsibility promoting and supporting clinicians who have felt disadvantaged or marginalized.

What is your favorite thing about providing clinical supervision?

This is a tough question for me. There is so much to love about clinical supervision but if I was to identify one element, it would be the supervisory relationship. I value and am inspired when connecting with and learning from other professionals in this field. There’s an element of passing on knowledge, experience, and mentorship that I find deeply meaningful in building a greater community of therapists and counselors.

Where can people find you to learn more?

You can find me at www.firelightsupervision.com for more information.