Clinician Training

Elevate Your Practice | Challenge the System | Transform Your Care

Your client sits across from you—arms crossed, eyes fixed on a point over your shoulder. You’re asking questions, trying to understand, but each answer is clipped, guarded.

You can feel it in the room—

They don’t trust you.

You’re trying to make space for their story, but the connection is slipping through your hands, and you feel powerless to stop it.

You’re not even sure when it happened.

Maybe it was when you hesitated over a pronoun, or asked a question that landed wrong.

Maybe it was something else entirely—something you missed, something you didn’t know you needed to be aware of. You’re trying to hold space, but you can feel the tension like a wall between you.

When they didn’t book a follow-up, you told yourself it happens—people move on.

But deep down, you knew something went wrong. You replay the moment, wishing you’d done better, wondering if they felt unseen—or worse, harmed.

It’s not your fault.

We were all trained in a system that enforced normativity—

  • cisheteronormativity

  • whiteness

  • able-bodiedness

  • neurotypicality

It taught us to see deviation as disorder rather than diversity.

You’re not a bad clinician.

You’re thoughtful, compassionate, and committed to doing right by your clients.

But you’re also overwhelmed—trying to keep up with new language, shifting frameworks, and constant accountability while balancing your practice.

You’re terrified of falling short, and it’s exhausting to question whether your best will ever be enough.

And the REAL kicker?

It did this while insisting it didn’t—telling us we were learning to care for everyone, to treat every client with respect and empathy.

But The Truth Is—

We were taught to see difference as pathology.

To force complex, diverse human experiences into narrow, normative frameworks.

We internalized the idea that being a good provider meant following those guidelines. . .

. . .even when they didn’t fit the realities of the clients in front of us.

Now we know better.

And you’re here because you’re ready to unlearn what didn’t serve your clients—and to rebuild the skills you need to truly show up for them.

At Integra, we’re here to help you do that work with humility, integrity, and a commitment to never stop learning.

(And trust me, we’re unlearning the same stuff right alongside you)

Book A Paid Consultation Using the Calendar Below

You’ll be prompted to fill out a quick form about the reason for consultation, and a credit card authorization form to pay for the session. Then the time is all yours! We look forward to working with more of our colleagues through consultation and resource sharing.