I do. I'm Jeanene Wolfe, LCSW. I've been a social worker for more than 30 years and an LCSW since 2009. I opened my solo private practice in 2013, and I still keep it today. I started CollabOasis in 2020, and since then I've led hundreds of clinical consultation sessions with 95 licensed clinicians. Four of the original members from 2020 are still in groups with me.

I also host the podcast Colleague Down the Hall and write for the Simple Practice blog on why therapist consultation groups matter. I've talked about facilitated peer consultation on Abundance Practice Building, All Things Private Practice, and A Simple Therapy Podcast. I've also presented at the NASW Virginia/DC Metro convention and at TheraSummit Specialisms, where my session was on starting your own consultation group.

Here's what all of that has taught me. Facilitation isn't about being the smartest person in the room. It's about making the room safe enough that the smartest thinking can happen.

• All sessions are held via Zoom through a HIPAA-compliant platform, on weekdays between 9am and 5pm Eastern.
• Your group's specific day and time is set before you commit, so you'll know exactly what you're saying yes to.

• Your group meets six times over three months: weekly for the first month, then twice monthly.
• Your first session runs 90 minutes; every session after is a focused 55 minutes.
• Groups that continue past the Intensive meet twice a month.

• Deliberately mixed.
• Newer clinicians bring fresh training and questions that pull veterans back to the fundamentals.
• Seasoned clinicians bring depth and pattern recognition.
• Different modalities, different populations, different eyes on your cases. That mix is the point.

• No. Some of the most valuable sessions for members are the ones where they came empty-handed and someone else's question answered one they didn't know they had.

Differing perspectives are one of the biggest benefits of a CollabOasis group. Groups are deliberately mixed by experience level and treatment modality, and every member speaks openly when a case is brought. The therapist receiving consultation hears a variety of viewpoints and leaves with clinical treatment suggestions they can tailor to their own needs and their client. Benevolence and respect are specifically addressed during onboarding, so open input stays collegial and never turns into debate. Jeanene facilitates every session and addresses anything in the moment if needed.

I set it up that way from day one.

During onboarding, we talk specifically about how we treat each other in this group: with benevolence and respect. Everyone hears it, everyone agrees to it, and it becomes the culture of the room. That's why speaking openly in CollabOasis never turns into a debate or a pile-on. People offer what they see, generously, and the clinician who brought the case keeps the decision.

Disagreements simply aren't part of how our groups work. And because I'm in every session, if one ever did come up, I'd handle it right then, in the moment.

Because most of us didn't stop seeking consultation because we stopped needing it. We stopped because of a bad experience with an unfacilitated group, a Facebook thread that was too public for a real question, or a free group where the members rotated so often that trust never had a chance to form.

Those aren't failed versions of consultation. They're a different thing entirely. Structure, facilitation, curation, confidentiality, and consistency are what make it safe to bring the case that keeps you up at night.

• No, this is completely different.
• Facebook groups have no facilitation, no confidentiality protections, no curation, and no continuity. CollabOasis is the opposite on every count: small, closed, facilitated, curated, and the same trusted faces every session.