Ellen Bird, MSW, RCSW – Clinical Supervisor

I’m Ellen Bird, MSW, RCSW, and the founder of Birdie Counselling in Calgary, Alberta. I provide relational, strengths-based clinical supervision for social workers and mental health clinicians, with particular expertise in child and adolescent mental health, family work, trauma, EMDR, and play-based therapy.

I bring approximately 10 years of experience working with children, youth, families, and neurodiverse students across community, school-based, and private practice settings. My clinical experience includes anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma, obsessive-compulsive concerns, emotional regulation, self-esteem, identity development, attachment, and family relationship challenges.

I particularly enjoy supervising clinicians who work with children, adolescents, young adults, and families, as well as clinicians who want to deepen their skills in child-centred and play-based therapy, EMDR with children and youth, attachment-based practice, family work, narrative therapy, and trauma-informed care.

My supervision style is warm, collaborative, curious, and practical. I want supervision to be a space where you can bring the messy, complicated, “I’m not quite sure what to do here” moments of clinical practice without fear of judgment. Together, we can explore case conceptualization, clinical decision-making, therapeutic relationship dynamics, interventions, ethical questions, professional development, and your own experience as a clinician.

I believe effective clinical supervision is about more than reviewing cases. It is an opportunity to strengthen clinical skills, develop confidence, deepen self-awareness, and build a practice that is ethical, thoughtful, and authentically yours.

I offer individual, dyadic, and small-group clinical supervision virtually across Alberta, with in-person supervision available in Calgary.