Supervision and Supervisee Well-being

Prelicensed therapists receive mixed messages about the importance of self-care. They are told by instructors and supervisors to take time for their own wellbeing, while simultaneously navigating academic and professional demands that require them to put their own wellbeing last. Related themes that often emerge in supervision include beliefs that:

• The needs of the patient always come before the needs of the therapist
• Being a skilled clinician means never making a mistake
• Being yourself and being professional are mutually exclusive

This course will teach you how to create a supervisory environment that prioritizes the wellbeing of your supervisees while simultaneously upholding, and even enhancing, clinical instruction.

This course is rooted in evidence-based techniques that both contribute to cultivating psychological wellbeing and align with competency-based supervision guidelines. Participants will learn how to create a supervisory environment that promotes supervisee flexibility (clinical and personal), self-compassion, authenticity, and self-care, while still maintaining an effective supervision relationship where strong boundaries, actionable feedback, and professional standards of practice remain at the forefront. This will not be a course in competency-based supervision, so participants should be familiar with competency-based supervision guidelines.

Total running time 213 minutes. 3.5 Hours CE. Recorded Video Format (non-interactive).

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 3.50 hours

CE CREDITS: 3.50 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Intermediate

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 3/20/2022

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Set at least four effective parameters for supervision that emphasize the dialectic of structure and flexibility
• Collaborate with supervisees in the development of a supervisory contract that equally prioritizes competency-based supervision guidelines and an environment conducive to supervisee wellbeing
• Effectively discuss and model at least four behaviors associated with a strong supervision relationship without crossing boundaries into conducting psychotherapy with supervisees
• Provide effective and actionable feedback to supervisees to increase opportunities for clinical improvement
• Model at least two forms of healthy professional expectations
• Utilize at least three techniques to help supervisees accept their own mistakes and limitations as a part of learning and professional development

1. An effective framework
   1. Purpose of supervision
   2. Competence and well-being
   3. Helpful vs. unhelpful supervision
   4. Common struggles
   5. Power differentials
   6. Parenting styles as model
2. Modeling to shape well-being behaviors
   1. Modeling to shape supervisee behavior
   2. Creating an authoritative space
   3. Flexibility and professionalism
   4. Genuineness and authenticity
   5. Clarity an non-judgmental stance
   6. Compassion and openness
3. Tools for cultivating professional well-being
1. Mindfulness
2. Radical acceptance
3. Self-compassion
4. Tools in practice
5. Grounding exercises
6. Boundary setting