Clinical Supervision for LMSWs in Missouri
Accessible, flexible, clinician-centered supervision — wherever you are in your path to licensure. Supervision is available via telehealth throughout Missouri.
Dr. Ethan Potter, DSW, LCSW, ACSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and doctoral-level clinician with over seven years of experience in mental health practice, medical social work, and juvenile justice. His doctoral research focused specifically on self-care strategies among social work supervisors — which means clinician sustainability isn't an add-on in his supervision model. It's the foundation.
What supervision with Dr. Potter looks like:
Clinical supervision is one of the most important professional relationships you will have in your career — and it deserves more than a signature on a form and a monthly check-in. Supervision with Dr. Potter is structured enough to give you direction and flexible enough to follow what you actually need on any given week.
Some sessions we work through a case that is keeping you up at night. Some sessions we talk about who you are becoming as a clinician. Some sessions the ethical complexity of your work takes the whole hour. All of it counts. All of it is the work.
My approach is person-centered — which means I believe you already have what it takes, and my job is to help you find it, trust it, and use it well. I will be honest with you when I see something worth naming. I will back you up when things get hard. And I will pay attention to whether this work is sustainable for you, not just whether your hours are adding up.
If that sounds like the kind of supervision you have been looking for, I would love to hear from you.
Meet Dr. Ethan Potter
DSW, LCSW, ACSW
Licensed in Missouri, South Dakota, and Vermont
I earned my Doctor of Social Work (DSW) from Capella University, where my capstone research examined how social work supervisors integrate self-care into their practice and model it for supervisees. I also hold a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Missouri State University and am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) member.
In addition to my clinical practice, I serve as an Assistant Professor of Social Work and have taught graduate and undergraduate social work courses since 2021. That background means I bring both clinical depth and adult learning principles into supervision — I think carefully about how people develop, not just what they need to know.
My doctoral work gave me a particular lens on what supervision can do well and where it often falls short. Too often, supervisors focus entirely on clinical skill and ignore whether the clinician in front of them is burning out, doubting themselves, or losing the thread of why they chose this work. I don't think those things are separate from clinical development. I think they're central to it.
I'm currently accepting Missouri LMSW candidates for supervision. If you're ready to get started or just have questions, I'd love to hear from you.