Supervision with Dawayla Williams, LCSW

Dawayla Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over eight years of experience in clinical supervision and therapeutic practice. She has been part of the Clinical Leadership and Supervision team at Elements of Motivation since 2023, where she provides thoughtful and empowering guidance to CSW-Interns, MFT-Interns, and CPC-Interns.

Dawayla’s supervision style is collaborative, strengths-based, and skills-focused, combining practical guidance with encouragement and support. She incorporates Solution-Focused Therapy, a systems-based perspective, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) (Advanced Trained) into her supervision and clinical work. Her professional experience spans working with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults facing challenges such as anxiety, ADHD, depression, and PTSD.

She believes the foundation of effective supervision begins with clear communication, mutual respect, and trust. Dawayla fosters a space where professional boundaries, honest dialogue, and consistent accountability help create a safe and reliable structure for growth. She values openness to feedback, collaborative goal setting, and a shared commitment to professional and personal development. Her goal is to support interns in becoming ethical, confident, and self-aware providers who feel empowered in their clinical work.

Supervisees often describe Dawayla as calm, patient, and deeply supportive. She brings warmth and clarity into supervision and finds great meaning in helping new clinicians grow into the type of providers they want to be. Supervision with Dawayla is available virtually, based on availability and need, and she currently runs a supervision group bi-weekly on Wednesdays at 11am.