A Workshop presented by Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D., ABPP
Continued Education (CEU/CME): 3.0 credits
Fee: Fees include CEs. It is a free event for HP/CPC students and candidates, $60 for CPC/HP members and nonmember students, and $90 for nonmembers who are not students.
Attendance: This is a hybrid event - in person and online attendance is available.
Description: Both the American Psychological and the American Psychiatric Associations have recently advocated specific courses in supervision for their trainees. Good supervision has been described in terms of specific competences or progressive skill sets, often measured via symptom reduction in the supervisee’s clients. Emphasis has also been put on adapting supervision, like treatment, to areas of diversity. But there has been less attention to general developmental goals such as the supervisee’s overall professional and personal growth, and to areas of maturation that constitute progress in both therapist and patient. This talk contextualizes clinical supervision historically, exploring some less frequently measured areas of supervisory competence. It aims to be relevant to the practical and professional needs of both supervisors and supervisees.
Learning Objectives
After this workshop, participants will be able to:
Articulate three tensions or controversies that recur periodically in professional writing about clinical supervision;
Describe ten areas of overall mental health relevant to supervision;
Define two ways of dealing with the possible implications of differences between supervisor and supervisee in areas such as culture, ethnicity, race, age, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, class, ability, and similar potential diversities.