Online Course - Multi Media
Clinical Supervision, Part I: External Structures
Course Description
This seven (7) hour course can be used to fulfill a portion of the education/training/coursework component of the CAMFT Certified Supervisor Program. Or, the course can stand on its own, providing a useful resource for anyone who provides clinical supervision. Part I, when combined with Parts II and III, will fulfill the education/training/coursework requirements for the CAMFT Certified Supervisor program. Part I will focus on external structure of supervision: Basic Aspects of Supervision; Supervision Settings; Practical Considerations in Supervision; Evaluation of Supervisee and Supervisor. This course meets the California Board of Psychology and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences on-going requirement for Clinical Supervisors to complete six (6) hours of supervision coursework each license renewal cycle.
Objective
Upon completion of this course, the participant will: (1)Understand the necessary paperwork and recordkeeping involved in trainee/intern supervision. (2) Begin or deepen awareness of the interpersonal process of conducting supervision meant to increase the beginning therapist’s skills while safeguarding the welfare of clients.
(3) Develop and/or enhance a professional identity as a supervisor while gaining an increased awareness of the responsibility supervisors hold as gatekeepers of the profession.
(4) Develop and enhance their supervisory skills, including the ability to structure the supervision process and implement a variety of supervisory interventions in a range of modalites.
(5) Demonstrate functional understanding of the requirements and procedures for supervising in multiple settings, including academic, government agencies, non-profit organizations and private practice.
(6) Have a working knowledge of the executive and interpersonal skills necessary to the practice of psychotherapeutic supervision.
(7)Possess an understanding of the necessity for structure within supervision beginning
with the initial interview and continuing through to the supervisor evaluation of supervisee.
For more information about the CAMFT Certified Supervisor Program, please click here.
Instructor
Sharon Duffy, Psy.D.
Dr. Sharon Duffy is in private practice in Woodland Hills, California. She supervises interns in her practice as well as at Phillip's Graduate Institute's California Family Center. She conducts a number of workshops on various issues in Clinical Supervision and is an adjunct professor at the California Graduate Institute. Dr. Duffy's doctoral dissertation was written on Supervisor- Supervisee Attachment Issues. She is a Past President of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of CAMFT.