Episode 3 of 6: The ZPD in Consultation Lev vygotsky — Letting the Consultee Lead
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Kathy and Tony explore Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development and its implications for clinical consultation and supervision.
SHOW NOTES | EPISODE 04 Lev Vygotsky — The Zone of Proximal Development & Scaffolding Why the Learning That Matters Most Happens Between People Hosts: Kathy Couch, LCSW & Tony Parmenter, MA, LCMHC | April 2026 Episode: EP04 Title: Lev Vygotsky — The Zone of Proximal Development & Scaffolding Hosts: Kathy Couch, LCSW & Tony Parmenter, MA, LCMHC Published: April 2026 Series: The Rooted Practice — Pedagogical Roots (Post 4 of 7) EPISODE SUMMARY In Part 4 of the Pedagogical Roots series, Kathy and Tony dig into Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development — the space between what a clinician can do independently and what becomes possible with the right relational support. Kathy unpacks why scaffolding isn’t hand-holding, why co-regulation is the precondition for real learning, and what it actually looks like to meet a consultee at their developmental edge. She gets personal about supervisory relationships that changed her — and ones that caused harm — and makes the case that the missing ingredient in clinical consultation has never been expertise. It’s structure, and it’s relationship. IN THIS EPISODE…
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