For BIPOC Clinicians Building Culturally Responsive Practices
If you're a clinician navigating your own journey toward licensure while holding the weight of your community's stories, you know supervision isn't just about checking boxes. It's about building your clinical voice in a field that wasn't always designed with you—or your clients—in mind.
You deserve supervision that doesn't ask you to leave your identity at the door. Supervision that understands the unique challenges of being a BIPOC or first-generation therapist. Supervision that helps you grow into the culturally grounded, trauma-informed clinician you're becoming.
You deserve supervision that doesn't ask you to leave your identity at the door. Supervision that understands the unique challenges of being a BIPOC or first-generation therapist. Supervision that helps you grow into the culturally grounded, trauma-informed clinician you're becoming.
Provided by Iliamari Vázquez Houston, LCSW | Arizona Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor | EMDR & IFS Trained | Specializing in trauma-informed, anti-oppressive supervision
- Culturally Responsive: We discuss how to adapt evidence-based practices for the communities you serve
- Trauma-Informed: Supervision rooted in nervous system awareness, not just case management
- Anti-Oppressive: We name and address systemic barriers, microaggressions, and the ways oppression shows up in clinical work
- Reflective & Supportive: This is a space for both clinical growth and processing the emotional weight of this work
- Bilingual Welcome: Spanish is honored in supervision, especially when discussing cases where language carries cultural meaning
What Makes This Supervision Different:
Clinical Supervision for LMSWs
For Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSWs) in Arizona working toward LCSW licensure.
If you're building your clinical hours and need a supervisor who understands both the rigor of clinical work and the cultural nuances of serving BIPOC communities, I'm here to support you.
What We'll Work On:
Supervision Format:
If you're building your clinical hours and need a supervisor who understands both the rigor of clinical work and the cultural nuances of serving BIPOC communities, I'm here to support you.
What We'll Work On:
- Case conceptualization through a trauma-informed, culturally responsive lens
- Developing your clinical voice and therapeutic approach
- Navigating ethical dilemmas and complex cases
- Integrating evidence-based modalities (EMDR, IFS, CBT, etc.) with cultural humility
- Processing vicarious trauma and maintaining your own wellbeing as a helper
- Meeting Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners requirements for licensure
Supervision Format:
- Individual or group supervision available
- In-person (Tempe, AZ) or virtual via Zoom
- Weekly or bi-weekly sessions
- Documentation provided for licensure application
Clinical Consultation for Licensed Clinicians
For LCSWs, LPCs, psychologists, and other licensed clinicians seeking case consultation, skill development, or reflective practice support.
Whether you're navigating a complex case, learning a new modality, or needing a space to process the emotional toll of trauma work, consultation offers flexibility without the formal structure of supervision.
Consultation Areas:
Whether you're navigating a complex case, learning a new modality, or needing a space to process the emotional toll of trauma work, consultation offers flexibility without the formal structure of supervision.
Consultation Areas:
- Trauma-focused treatment (EMDR, IFS, somatic approaches)
- Culturally responsive adaptations of evidence-based practices
- Working with intergenerational trauma and cycle breakers
- Perinatal and maternal mental health
- Supporting first responder families
- Clinical skill development and modality integration
- Ethical considerations in culturally responsive care
*Next EMDR Consultation Group for EMDR trained therapists starts on Monday 3/30/26 at 11AM Arizona time. Email info.withanopenheartllc@gmail.com or text 480-234-9256 for more information and to join
Iliamari Vázquez Houston, LCSW
Iliamari is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Arizona Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor, and the founder of With An Open Heart, LLC. As a Latina therapist and daughter of Puerto Rican parents, she brings both professional training and lived experience to supervision.
Credentials & Training:
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Arizona
- Arizona Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor
- EMDR-Certified
- Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ Certified
- IFS (Internal Family Systems) Level 1 Trained
- 15+ years in mental health and community work
Supervision Philosophy: Iliamari believes supervision should be a space of both rigor and refuge. You'll be challenged to think critically, grow clinically, and refine your skills—and you'll also be supported, seen, and reminded that you don't have to do this work alone. She supervises from a lens that centers the wellbeing of both clinician and client.
