Providing Affirming Clinical Supervision for LGBTQIA+ Clinicians

Description

LGBTQIA+ clinicians often face a dual burden: managing the demands of their clinical role while navigating workplace discrimination, political tensions, and social challenges related to their identity. For supervisors, offering affirming and inclusive support is not only essential - it’s transformative.

This course is a unique opportunity to develop affirming supervision practices that empower LGBTQIA+ clinicians and foster truly inclusive organizational cultures.

Dr. Kelly Richmond-Moore, DSW, LCSW, PPSC, brings extensive experience and leadership in social work education and behavioral health. As Assistant Program Director and Clinical Professor at the University of the Pacific, Dr. Kelly has advocated for expanding equitable, accessible mental health services and preparing clinicians to work with marginalized populations, including LGBTQIA+ communities.

Dr. Richmond-Moore offers a dynamic and insightful approach, drawing from research and practice experience to equip supervisors with practical tools for affirming LGBTQIA+ staff. This course will support you in identifying challenges LGBTQIA+ clinicians face, developing inclusive supervisory practices, and assessing your agency's culture to promote long-term change.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand LGBTQIA+ workplace challenges: Learn about the unique forms of discrimination, stress, and external pressures LGBTQIA+ clinicians encounter.
• Implement affirming supervision: Gain actionable skills to foster inclusive, supportive supervisory relationships with LGBTQIA+ staff.
• Evaluate organizational culture: Identify areas in your workplace that can evolve to better support LGBTQIA+ professionals.

Why this course?

• Relevant and urgent topic: This course addresses an often-overlooked need for inclusivity and support within clinical supervision, especially amid shifting landscapes.
• Expert-led instruction: Dr. Richmond-Moore brings academic rigor and real-world insight, rooted in a deep commitment to advocacy and education.
• Mission-aligned learning: Offered by Telehealth Certification Institute, this course reflects our dedication to excellence, integrity, and empowering clinicians to provide the highest quality care.

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze the unique challenges LGBTQIA+ clinicians face in the workplace, including discrimination, political pressures, and social consequences.
• Demonstrate skills necessary to create and implement affirming supervision practices for LGBTQIA+ clinicians.
• Evaluate organizational culture to identify areas for improvement in fostering inclusivity and affirming supervision.

Join us for this essential training to help create affirming supervision practices that foster inclusion, improve clinical outcomes, and enhance team well-being. It’s more than supervision - it’s a pathway to meaningful change.

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Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study program and consists of over 1.5 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Kelly Richmond-Moore, DSW, LCSW, PPSC

Dr. Richmond-Moore is the Assistant Program Director and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Social Work within the School of Health Sciences at the University of the Pacific. Dr. Richmond-Moore is leading efforts to expand the behavioral health specialization for the social work department, with expansion efforts centering on youth and families in marginalized and underserved areas. Dr. Richmond-Moore is committed to building a workforce of social workers who understand and are prepared to work with vulnerable populations while increasing efforts to provide more accessible services to rural communities.

Dr. Richmond-Moore’s interests include social work education, practicum education, adolescent mental health, school-based social work, LGBTQIA+ communities, gender diversity, and creating equitable resources for dually marginalized social work students.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 1.5 continuing education hours of credit.

Counselors:

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0048.

Marriage and Family Therapists:

Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations.  You can check with your board to determine if your licensing board would accept this course.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0135, effective May 8, 2025.

Social Workers:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 ethics continuing education credits.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0435.

Addiction Professionals:

This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits, effective 10/15/2025. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Psychologists:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.

Art Therapists:

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.

Other Professionals:

This course qualifies for 90 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This course is a non-interactive, online self-study.

Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of completion to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.

Accommodations and Policies

Close Captioning is available for live webinars and recorded video presentations.

You can click on the following links to view our policies:

• Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities.
• Cancellation Policy
• Grievance Policy
• Support Options
• Disclosure Statement