2023 Clinical Supervision Online Series Now Open!
Available to all levels of supervisors within the field of mental health and substance use treatment:
Join us for a five-part series of clinical supervision as we explore a wide variety of topics central to successful supervision. Expect an informative, useful, and unusually fresh experience while you gain the knowledge, skills, and continuing education hours necessary to propel your career forward.
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TARGET AUDIENCE
- All levels of supervisors within the field of mental health and substance use treatment wishing to improve their skills, knowledge, and abilities while also contributing to the professional growth of their colleagues.
- Practitioners wishing to fulfill the NCASPPB educational requirements in becoming a Certified Clinical Supervisor.
- Current Certified Clinical Supervisors wishing to fulfill NCASPPB renewal requirements.
REGISTRATION: $30 registration fee for each session within the series. There is no ' full series ' discount for 2023. Pre-registration is required and registration fees are due before the training date.
MODALITY: Each session in this series consists of three hours of instruction. The online series will consist of five individual sessions via zoom from February to April.
TIMES
Morning Sessions: 9:00am to 12:30pm
Afternoon Sessions: 1:00pm to 4:30pm
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Each training fulfils 3 hours of required training toward the Certified Clinical Supervisor credential with the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board.
Each webinar has been submitted for 3 hours of Clinical Supervision Specific credit from the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board. Attendance of five of the courses fulfills the 15-hour recertification requirement.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. The successful completion of each webinar qualifies for 3 contact hours.
Confirmation Notices and Certificates of Completion: We will confirm your registration by email. Successful completion includes full attendance for the entire day. Within 7 days of the conclusion of the event, you will receive an email notifying you that the evaluations and certificates are ready. The email will include a link to https://bhs.unc.edu where you can login using the username and password you chose at registration. Once you have logged in, you will see the training titles listed under "My Courses" on the left side. After clicking on the link, you will be taken to another page where you can click the link to the event evaluation. Once you have completed and submitted your evaluation, you can click on the link to access the Certificate of Completion. Your Certificate will be available to you as a PDF document for you to save or print.
POLICIES & ADA STATEMENT
Refund Policy: Refunds will be issued up to two weeks prior to the training date.
Inclement Weather Policy: Any announcements regarding changes to the schedule due to inclement weather will be posted on http://bhs.unc.edu. Registered participants will also be notified by email.
ADA statement: If you require any of the auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to participate in this program, please call us at (919) 843-6083 no later than ten business days before the program.
TESTIMONIALS
"As a result of the clinical supervision training series offered through UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work and Behavioral Health Springboard I feel that I have grown as a clinician as well as a clinical supervisor. The information presented was relevant to my current position as a clinical supervisor and I believe it has already been helpful to my supervisees. I would recommend this training series to both new and season clinical supervisors as well as those that are considering providing clinical supervision in the future."
"[The training] was very thorough, full of information, Mike was energetic, compassionate and a true motivator."
"Instructor presented in dynamic fashion this relevant material."
"The training was informative and applicable to my practice. It will help to enhance my practice."
"Mike is a wonderful instructor; very engaging, well spoken, and knowledgeable!"
"The information was very relevant and applied to my daily work."
"I definitely will be using some of the information learned to enhance the supervision I provide."
"Many issues clarified and discussed that will be helpful in future supervision settings."
"Very helpful training and the trainer [Theresa Palmer] was knowledgeable about the content."
The Clinical Supervision Training Series is supported in part through funding from the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substances Abuse Services via the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
For additional questions about the series contact: bhs-support@unc.edu
ATTENTION: For specific requirements to become a Certified Clinical Supervisor contact the NC Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board at 919-832-0975 or www.NCASPPB.org .
Continuing Education:
Each training fulfills 3 hours of required training toward the Certified Clinical Supervisor credential with the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board.
Each webinar has been submitted for 3 hours of Clinical Supervision Specific credit from the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board. Attendance of five of the courses fulfills the 15-hour recertification requirement.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. The successful completion of each webinar qualifies for 3 contact hours.
Michael McGuire, LCSW, LCAS, LMFT, CCS, MINT
Michael McGuire is employed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work as a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Director of the Substance Use and Addiction Specialty program. He is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS), and is a Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS). His areas of expertise include: adolescent and family development, childhood trauma, substance use treatment, experiential learning, Service Members–Veteran–Families (SMVF), Motivational Interviewing, Feedback Informed Treatment, clinical supervision, clinical model implementation science, ethics, and workforce development. Michael worked as a clinical director of a comprehensive treatment agency and recently returned from Germany following a three-year excursion working with American military families stationed abroad.
Dr. Linda McRae, PsyD., LCSW, LCAS, MAC, CCS, SAP, ICAADC
The Reverend Dr. Linda Perkins McRae’s drive and passion for life is evident in her personal and professional pursuits. Dr. Linda is the President/CEO of HOPE Counseling & Consulting Services, Inc. (HOPE), a clinical practice that provides programs and services that seek to promote hope and healing providing outpatient substance use disorder treatment, mental health and behavioral health services. HOPE has six locations in North Carolina (2 downtown Winston-Salem, Thomasville, Reidsville, King and Dobson). She is the CEO of Amazing Grace Ministries, founded by her mother, The Late Reverend Gracie Lee Hill, serving the community of her hometown in Bulloch County and the surrounding areas providing clothing, food and financial resources. She and her husband, Reverend Ronald McRae, are the founders of More Than Conquerors, Inc. (MTC) a non-profit seeking to inspire, educate and transform lives.
Dr. Linda completed a Masters of Divinity from Wake Forest University Divinity School in 2003. She completed a Masters of Social Work at North Carolina A&T State University and UNC-Greensboro in 2007. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, Master’s Addiction Counselor, Certified Sex Offender Therapist, Substance Abuse Professional and a Certified Clinical Supervisor. Dr. Linda completed a Doctor of Psychology degree at Graduate Theological Foundation in 2016. Dr. Linda's commitment to helping others is evident through her lifestyle of service. She has been recognized by FOX 8 News as a Remarkable Woman Finalist, she received The Legacy Award for Human Services from The Legacy Foundation for Women, The Centers for Disease Control where her cancer story has been animated and broadcast worldwide, and most recently the recipient of the Minority Business of the Year from The Triad Minority & Women Business Expo. Dr. Linda is a board member of The College Preparatory Leadership Academy, The Potter’s House and More Than Conquerors, Inc. Above all her many accomplishments, Dr. Linda considers supporting her husband, Reverend Ronald Lee McRae, in ministry and being an example to their 8 children and 11 grandchildren her primary purpose and greatest accomplishments. Dr. Linda firmly believes in being an active role model to her family demonstrating the love of God in lifestyle and service.
Kenneth Smith, LCSW, LCAS, CCS
Kenneth Smith is a North Carolina Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist, and Certified Clinical Supervisor with more than 35 years' experience. He currently serves as Clinical Director for a community mental health and substance use treatment provider in Fayetteville, NC and is also an Adjunct Instructor at the School of Social Work at Fayetteville State University. Kenneth has held a variety of clinical and supervisory positions in hospital, non-for-profit agency, mental health clinic, and private practice settings. He is also a published author. He enjoys providing supervision and mentoring to new clinicians and graduate students. Kenneth earned his Master of Social Work degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.
Gwendolyn Davis Gilbert, LCMHC, LCAS, CCS, NCC
Gwendolyn Davis Gilbert, is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist, Certified Clinical Supervisor, and National Certified Counselor with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health and substance use. She is employed by Metropolitan Community Health Services dba Agape Health Services, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) located in eastern NC providing medical, dental, primary care, and pharmacy services. Gwendolyn proudly serves as the Chief Behavioral Health Officer where she leads a diverse team of clinical behavioral health and primary care providers. Under her leadership, the organization became the first FQHC to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) in NC. Gwendolyn is also a first-year doctoral student in the DrPH program at UNC-CH.
Theresa Palmer, LCSW, LMFT, AS-AAMFT
Theresa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, and an Approved Supervisor by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Her current work involves teaching and field coordinating for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Social Work in the Winston-Salem Program. She also provides clinical supervision to associate-licensed clinicians, consultation to fully licensed therapists, and supervision-of-supervision to individuals seeking to become AAMFT-Approved Supervisors. In teaching as well as providing therapy and supervision, Theresa uses a systems-oriented, strengths-based perspective.
DATES, TOPICS, & LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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| Sarah Reives |
Keeping the Spark without Burning Out |
Opening Convocation and Welcome Reception |
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Michael McGuire |
Experiential Supervision |
General Session |
| Joy Brunson-Nsubuga |
Incorporating Leadership Skills into the Supervision Process |
Breakout Session A |
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Dr. Robert m Cox |
Trauma-Informed Clinical Supervision |
Breakout Session B |
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Michael Daniels |
The Dynamics of Self-Care for Clinical Supervisors |
Breakout Session C |
Opening Convocation and Welcome Reception: Keeping the Spark without Burning Out
Speaker: Sarah Reives
Training Description: This session will orient participants to the Clinical Supervision Retreat and the role that stress, compassion fatigue and burnout play in the clinical supervision relationship.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of participants will be able to:
1. Discuss prevalence for stress, compassion fatigue and burnout for clinical supervisors
2. Explore strategies that mitigate impact of burnout and promote on-going, high-quality engagement
General Session: Experiential Supervision
Speaker: Michael McGuire
Training Description: Join us as we explore ways to add energy, meaning, and excitement into clinical supervision through the use of experiential techniques and concepts. We will discuss and test-drive a wide variety of creative approaches to clinical supervision such as deliberate practice, reflective supervision, walking supervision, thinking aloud technique, psychodrama, adventure-based supervision, roleplay, focused reflection, and the use of art, books, and film.
Learning Objectives:
1.Articulate the basic ideas of an experiential approach to clinical supervision.
2. Describe two or more techniques of experiential clinical supervision.
3. Create a plan to incorporate one or more experiential clinical supervision techniques.
Breakout Session A: Incorporating Leadership Skills into the Supervision Process
Speaker: Joy Brunson-Nsubuga
Training Description: Post-Covid transitions have allowed supervisors to accurately assess the changes that have been created. These changes are undeniable and supporting the clinicians of the future can seem daunting. An increasing number of clinicians are entering leadership positions in agency based practice and an increasing number of clinicians are entering into their own private practices. Now more than ever, there is a need to incorporate leadership skills into the supervision process. This experiential presentation will incorporate learnings through activities and group process while setting the stage of how to add leadership skills, behaviors, assessments, and practice into the supervision process.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
1. Define leadership in the behavioral health space and its relevence to the supervision process
2. Identify data trends in diversity and cultural implications within behavioral health leadership
3. Utilize experiential activities to assist with individual growth and knowledge around leadership skill develop
Breakout Session B: Trauma-Informed Clinical Supervision
Speaker: Dr. Robert m Cox
Training Description: We will provide clinical supervisors with the knowledge and context to adopt a trauma-informed approach in supervision. A trauma-informed approach recognizes the context and symptoms of psychological trauma to incorporate knowledge about trauma into supervision policies, procedures, and interventions to resist re-traumatization of supervisees and service consumers.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
1. Identify trauma sequelae in clients and supervisees.
2. Identify trauma-informed principles in organizational policies and procedures, including supervision.
3. Apply trauma-informed clinical supervision tools for counselor development and clinical quality.
Breakout Session C: The Dynamics of Self-Care for Clinical Supervisors
Speaker: Michael Daniels
Training Description: Supervision is perhaps the most important component in the development of competent practitioners. However, despite the growing data and guidelines in the code of ethics on wellness and self-care, there is limited integration of these critical components within models of clinical supervision. In Session One, participants will discuss the importance of supervisor’s wellness and self-care while providing supervision, identify the different levels of stress related to supervision verses counseling, and review ethical guidelines related to self-care. Participants will leave with renewed commitment and passion for developing highly competent practitioners.
Learning Objectives:
1. Upon completion participants will be able to:
2. Discuss methods for increasing passion in developing practitioners.
3. Identify components of wellness and self-care related to clinical supervision.
4. Discuss techniques for improving supervisor’s wellness and self-care.
5. Identify strategies for implementing wellness and self-care into a clinical supervision model.
6. Review ethical guidelines related to supervisor wellbeing.
Pre-work assignment:
Article and prompt questions to be answered via discussion post
Post-work assignment:
- Self-care plan
- Discussion board assignment
- Evaluation
Additional Resources:
Continuing Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. The successful completion of each webinar qualifies for 15 contact hours.
This retreat has been submitted for 15 hours of Clinical Supervision Specific credit from the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board.
Sarah E. Reives-Houston, PhD, CATP, CFTP
Sarah Reives-Houston, Ph.D., PsyD (ABD) is the Director of Behavioral Health Springboard at the UNC School of Social Work. She has a Ph.D. in education psychology from Capella University and is completing her PsyD in clinical psychology and trauma from California Southern University. Dr. Reives-Houston is certified as a family trauma specialist and as a child and adolescent trauma specialist and engages in research and conducts training on recognizing, managing, and mitigating the impacts of trauma on client populations and service providers. Prior to coming to UNC, she was on the faculty at NC Central University, where she taught courses and oversaw research projects and evaluation programs. She has also developed training and curriculum materials on mental health, substance abuse, systems of care for individuals and families.
Michael McGuire LCSW, LCAS, LMFT, CCS, MINT
Michael McGuire is employed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work as both a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of the Substance Use and Addiction Specialty program and provides private training and consultation. He is a licensed Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, and Clinical Addictions Specialist, and is a credentialed supervisor. His areas of interest include adolescent and family development, problematic substance use, experiential learning, military-involved families, motivational interviewing, Feedback Informed Treatment, clinical supervision, implementation science, ethics, and workforce development. Michael is a founding member of the John T. Edwards Foundation for Family Systems Therapy. Additionally, Michael is the author of three unwritten books and was recently voted the most interesting and humble person in the world.
Joy Brunson-Nsubuga, MA, LMFT, LCAS, CCS, AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Joy Brunson-Nsubuga is a native of South Carolina. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Francis Marion University in 2006 and Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with a certificate in addictions counseling from Appalachian State University in 2009. She currently holds full licensure as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist, and Certified Clinical Supervisor as well as the AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation. She has worked in outpatient, inpatient, substance abuse, and mental health settings, and is currently the site director for two sites of a recovery response agency in the Triangle. She also owns a private practice and offers family and couples therapy, supervision for marriage and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, and substance use professionals seeking full licensure, consultation for agencies, and offers presentations on couples therapy, family therapy, crisis interventions, and addictions treatment. Joy is also the Professional Practice Board Chair for NCAMFT. Joy resides in Apex with her husband and two boys ages 7 and 3 years.
Robert m Cox, EdD, LPC, LCAS, CCS, CCMHC, NCC, ACS
Dr. Cox is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy at Pfeiffer University-Charlotte where he directs the university counseling and wellness center and coordinates substance use disorder training. Dr Cox is a Licensed Professional Counselor and qualified supervisor in North Carolina and Tennessee, a Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist and Certified Clinical Supervisor Intern in North Carolina. His professional interests include crisis intervention, integrated care, substance use disorders, substance-affected families, corrections, group counseling, and applications of mindfulness in counseling. He is an NBCC Minority Scholars Fellow (2013) with a Doctorate in Counseling from the University of Memphis (2016) and a Masters in Community Counseling from Appalachian State University (1998).
Michael Daniels, MSW, LCAS, CCS, LCSW-A
Michael serves as coordinator of the Addiction Certificate Program in the School of Social Work at East Carolina University preparing students to become Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialists. He serves as clinical supervisor for the ECU clinical supervision program supervising clinicians seeking professional license and graduate student interns. He earned his BS degree in Education from North Carolina State University and his MSW degree from East Carolina University. He has over 20 years clinical experience working inside prisons providing addiction and behavioral health services for offenders. He also worked as a clinical consultant in coordinating community reentry transitional services for a 300 bed inpatient treatment facility for offenders.