For Clinicians Training in Atlanta and Across Georgia
For the clinician you’re becoming
LCSW supervision and EMDR consultation in Atlanta. PMHNP preceptorship for nurse practitioner students. From a clinician who supervises the way he wishes he had been supervised.
When the supervision stops matching the work
You've been at this long enough to know what kind of supervision moves your clinical work and what kind doesn't. You've probably had both.
The supervisor who never quite engaged with the cases you brought in. The consultation that stayed at the surface of the work, treating each session as an isolated event rather than as material to think clinically about. The training experience where cultural context was a footnote rather than part of how the work was understood.
You're not looking for more supervision. You're looking for the right supervision — at the developmental stage you're actually in, on the clinical material you're actually carrying.
Maybe you're a newly licensed LMSW or LCSW-A accumulating hours toward independent licensure, and you want supervision that respects the clinical depth you're already capable of.
Maybe you're an EMDR-trained therapist pursuing certification, and your case load has gotten more complex than the consultation you've been getting can keep up with.
Maybe you're a PMHNP student looking for a preceptor whose clinical formulation skills will sharpen yours — someone who treats trauma assessment as part of every case, not an occasional consideration.
The clinician you're becoming deserves the supervision that's actually built for what you're carrying.
What’s available
Three distinct training relationships, each built for a specific stage of clinical development.
LCSW Clinical Supervision in Georgia
For Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSWs) and LCSW-Associates in Georgia accumulating supervision hours toward independent LCSW licensure.
Most clinical supervision in Georgia is structured around the minimum requirements: number of hours, frequency of meetings, formal documentation. It meets the standard. It rarely meets the supervisee where she actually is in her development as a clinician.
Supervision here is structured around the clinical material you're carrying. Trauma cases. Complex relational dynamics. Clients whose presentations don't fit cleanly into manualized treatments. The cases that keep you up at night because you know there's more under the surface than you've been able to reach.
WHAT WE WORK THROUGH
Case conceptualization integrating trauma-informed and culturally-grounded frameworks
Real-time consultation on what's coming up in your sessions, not just what happened weeks ago
Identification of the developmental edge you're working at, and the next clinical skill that fits there
Honest feedback when the work calls for it, delivered with respect for what you're already capable of
Preparation for independent licensure that goes beyond passing the exam
What you bring
Active LMSW or LCSW-A license in Georgia. Real cases. Willingness to be challenged.
What you get
Weekly or biweekly supervision sessions, documentation for licensure hours, clinical depth that translates directly into the work you do with clients.
EMDR Consultation For Therapists Pursuing Certification
For Clinicians who have completed EMDR Basic Training and are pursuing EMDRIA Certification or accumulating consultation hours toward it.
The path to EMDR Certification is well-defined on paper. The path through it is something else. Most consultees reach a point where the case complexity has outpaced what their consultation has been able to address — dissociation, complex trauma, intergenerational material, clients whose nervous systems require pacing that isn't covered in standard protocol training.
Consultation here is built for the work you're actually doing, not the work the protocol assumes.
WHAT WE WORK THROUGH
Case-based consultation grounded in EMDRIA's standards, with deep dives into protocol modification and adaptive integration
Stabilization, resourcing, and titration work for clients with complex trauma or dissociative features
Cultural and identity considerations woven into target selection, body scans, and processing
Real-time problem-solving for what's not moving in your sessions
Support through the certification application process when you reach that milestone
What you bring
Completed EMDR Basic Training. Active clinical license in your state. EMDR clients you're actively seeing.
What you get
Individual or small-group consultation hours that count toward EMDR Certification (verify your state's requirements), grounded clinical guidance, and a consultant who's been deep in the work himself.
Westly Francois, LCSW is an EMDRIA-Approved Certified EMDR Therapist, EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training, and EMDR Basic Training Facilitator. He trains other clinicians in EMDR Basic Training and provides consultation across all phases of certification.
PMHNP Preceptorship
For Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner students seeking clinical placement that strengthens their psychotherapy assessment and trauma formulation skills.
Most PMHNP training emphasizes medication management and psychiatric assessment. The therapy-side of the work: formulation, trauma assessment, understanding how dynamics play out across sessions, sometimes gets less direct mentorship. That's where preceptorship in a trauma-focused practice can fill in what your program doesn't.
Preceptorship here is built around what makes a PMHNP a stronger clinician, not just a faster prescriber.
WHAT WE WORK THROUGH
Trauma-informed assessment that goes beyond the diagnostic interview
Case conceptualization that integrates psychiatric, psychological, and somatic perspectives
Understanding the limits of medication for trauma-driven presentations
Cultural humility as a clinical skill, not a checkbox
Direct exposure to integrated trauma practice, including EMDR-informed thinking
What you bring
Active enrollment in an accredited PMHNP program. Specific placement requirements from your program. A willingness to think clinically beyond the medication question.
What you get
Direct clinical exposure, supervision documentation per your program's requirements, and training in the kind of formulation work that distinguishes excellent PMHNPs from average ones.
PMHNP preceptorship requires alignment with your program's specific structure. Reach out to confirm fit before applying.
What makes us different
There are other supervisors, consultants, and preceptors in Atlanta. Some of them are excellent. The question isn't whether other options exist, it's whether the specific combination here is the one that fits your development as a clinician.
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The cultural context is integrated, not added on.
Many clinicians in training (especially Black clinicians and clinicians serving Black and brown clients) describe needing to translate their cultural context to a supervisor who doesn't share it. The translation itself becomes part of the labor of supervision. Here, the cultural context is part of how the clinical work is held from the start.
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The clinical material drives the work, not a protocol.
EMDRIA standards, Georgia supervision requirements, and PMHNP program structures all set the frame. Inside that frame, the focus is on the actual cases you're carrying — your trickiest clients, the dynamics you're stuck on, the moments where you knew there was more underneath but didn't yet have the clinical tools to reach it.
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Honest feedback is the baseline.
We don't soften feedback to protect the relationship. We deliver feedback in a way that respects what you're already capable of, while naming what hasn't moved yet. The supervision isn't supposed to feel comfortable. It's supposed to make you a meaningfully better clinician than you were three months ago.
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Limited capacity is intentional.
Wes accepts a small number of supervisees, consultees, and preceptees at a time. The training relationship is more demanding than the standard model, and the slots reflect what can actually be done well.
Is this the right fit for your training?
The training relationships here aren't for every clinician at every stage. Here's the honest read.
Best fit for
LMSWs and LCSW-As in Georgia working toward independent licensure with serious clinical aspirations
EMDR-trained therapists pursuing certification who want consultation that engages with case complexity
PMHNP students whose programs allow placement with LCSW preceptors and who want trauma-focused training
Clinicians who want cultural humility woven into their training rather than treated as a separate topic
Black, Indigenous, and clinicians of color who don't want to translate their cultural context to be understood
Clinicians serving high-trauma, high-complexity client populations
Clinicians who can take direct feedback as a gift, not a threat
Probably not the right fit, at least not yet
Clinicians looking for the minimum-viable supervision experience to satisfy a licensure requirement
Clinicians who haven't yet completed core training in their modality
Clinicians who want exclusively didactic supervision (lectures on theory) rather than case-based work
Clinicians whose program structures or licensure requirements don't align with what we offer
A note on cost. EMDR intensives are private-pay. Most insurance plans don't cover extended sessions because they don't fit standard billing codes. We're transparent about pricing during your free consultation. For many clients, an intensive that produces real movement is more economical than months of weekly sessions that don't quite reach.
Other pages that might be relevant
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About Healthy Mind, Healthy Heart
The clinical philosophy underneath the supervision. The Matched Care Framework that shapes how we think about clinical work, supervision included.
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Trauma Therapy at the Practice
Want a sense of what the clinical work looks like before training with the practitioner? The trauma therapy page is the closest representation of how we actually work with clients.
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Contact
For anything that doesn't fit the application process — general questions, partnership inquiries, referrals, or anything else.
The clinicians who get the most from training here are the ones who've already decided they want to be better than the average in their field. If that's you, the next step is a brief application followed by a fit call. No commitment until both sides know it's a fit.
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The questions clinicians actually ask
The questions we hear from clinicians researching supervision and consultation.
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Rates vary by offering and structure (individual vs. small group, weekly vs. biweekly). We're transparent about specific pricing during your fit call. Generally aligned with experienced-clinician rates in the Atlanta market.
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Wes is currently an EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training (CIT). Consultation provided during CIT status counts toward EMDR Certification when paired with an EMDRIA-Approved Consultant for the certification application. We'll clarify your specific certification pathway during the fit call.
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The number stays small intentionally. We typically have a handful of active training relationships at any given time across all three offerings. If there's no immediate capacity, you'll be told honestly and given a sense of when an opening is likely.
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For EMDR consultation, both individual and small-group formats are available depending on consultee fit and goals. For LCSW clinical supervision, individual is the primary format due to Georgia's requirements for direct supervision. Discuss what would fit your needs during your fit call.
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Yes. Virtual sessions are available for clinicians anywhere in Georgia (for LCSW supervision) and across states (for EMDR consultation, where state-specific licensure restrictions don't apply the same way). PMHNP preceptorship may require in-person placement depending on your program's requirements.
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LCSW supervision in Georgia typically requires weekly meetings for licensure hours, though biweekly may be possible depending on stage and hour accumulation. EMDR consultation is typically biweekly or monthly. PMHNP preceptorship depends on your program's clinical hour requirements.
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Yes, and that's a meaningful part of why this work exists. Many of the clinicians training here describe relief at not having to translate their cultural context to be understood. The training relationship engages with cultural identity as part of clinical formulation rather than as a separate conversation.
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For EMDR consultation, state-specific licensure restrictions on the consultant don't apply the same way they do for direct clinical work. Many EMDR consultees come from outside Georgia. For LCSW supervision and PMHNP preceptorship, state-specific requirements may limit who can be supervised. We'll sort this out during your fit call.
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You're probably ready if you've completed your foundational training (MSW + LMSW/LCSW-A for supervision, EMDR Basic Training for consultation, active PMHNP program enrollment for preceptorship), you're carrying real cases, and you want supervision that engages with clinical depth rather than checking boxes. You're probably not ready if you're still building the foundational competencies that supervision is meant to build on.
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We'll tell you honestly, name what we noticed, and where possible, suggest other supervisors, consultants, or preceptors who might fit better. The goal isn't to fill slots. The goal is to be in the right training relationships.