Understanding Supervisor Development

Description

This course is a live, interactive webinar held on Friday, January 15, 2027 from 1-2:30pm Eastern Standard Time

Registration closes at midnight the day before the event

Register here for the individual session, or you can register for the ongoing Clinical Supervision Forum which includes access to this training event.

Clinical supervisors are expected to guide others with confidence, yet few are taught to recognize that their own supervisory identity, judgment, and use of authority also develop over time. Without this perspective, normal developmental challenges can feel like personal inadequacy, contribute to imposter feelings, and lead supervisors to repeat inherited approaches without fully examining whether those patterns actually serve today’s supervisees.

This course offers clinical supervisors and professionals preparing for supervision an opportunity to view their growth through a clear developmental framework. By recognizing where they are in their supervisory journey, participants can better understand their current strengths, identify areas for growth, and approach supervision with greater intention and self-awareness.

Amie Bryant, LCSW, CAS, ACS, is a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and trainer with more than 20 years of experience in mental health. A CCE-Approved Clinical Supervisor with a Certificate in Advanced Clinical Supervision from Smith College School of Social Work, she has extensive experience providing supervision, consultation, professional training, and graduate-level instruction. Her relational, culturally affirming, and use-of-self–centered perspective equips participants to examine not only what they do as supervisors, but also how their professional histories and evolving identities influence their work.

Through live instruction, guided reflection, and case-based learning, Amie introduces the novice, developing, and seasoned stages of supervisor development and explores the characteristic strengths, challenges, and growth tasks associated with each phase. Participants will apply this framework to their own experiences, consider how previous supervision relationships have shaped their current practices, and identify practical directions for continued development.

Topics include the progression of supervisory identity across the professional lifespan; the characteristics of novice, developing, and seasoned supervisors; and developmental changes in confidence, structure, feedback style, decision-making, and the use of authority. The course also examines common challenges such as imposter feelings, uncertainty about competence, unexamined supervisory patterns, and the increasing complexity supervisors encounter as they gain experience. Participants will consider how self-assessment, professional history, and awareness of their own developmental needs can support more responsive and effective supervision.

Key Takeaways

• Understand your developmental stage: Recognize how supervisory identity and effectiveness evolve over time and how your current stage may influence your confidence, decisions, and responses to supervisees.
• Distinguish strengths and growth needs: Identify the characteristic assets, challenges, and developmental tasks associated with novice, developing, and seasoned supervisors.
• Plan your continued growth: Assess your current supervisory development and identify focused strategies for becoming more intentional, adaptable, and effective in the role.

Why This Course?

• A developmental perspective: Move beyond learning supervision models and techniques to understand how supervisors themselves grow, change, and respond to increasing complexity throughout their careers.
• Experienced, reflective guidance: Learn from a seasoned clinical supervisor and trainer whose approach integrates extensive practice experience with relational, culturally affirming, and use-of-self–centered supervision.
• Practical, clinically relevant learning: Participate in a Telehealth Certification Institute training designed to help behavioral health professionals translate professional insight into more responsive supervision and stronger support for supervisees and their clients.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze stages of development in clinical supervisors and integrate this awareness to refine supervisory identity, effectiveness, and responsiveness over time.
• Differentiate characteristics, strengths, and challenges associated with novice, developing, and seasoned supervisors.
• Assess their current stage of supervisory development and identify targeted strategies to support continued growth and effectiveness.

Effective clinical supervision requires more than technical knowledge; it also depends on a supervisor’s willingness to evaluate, adapt, and continue developing over time. This live webinar provides a thoughtful framework for understanding that progression so participants can approach their supervisory role with greater clarity, respond more intentionally to supervisee needs, and support both professional growth and quality client care.

This course is a live, interactive webinar.

Course Details

Schedule: (times listed in Eastern Standard (New York) time)

1:00 pm - 1:35 pm presentation/lecture
1:35 pm - 1:45 pm Q&A
1:45 pm - 2:20 pm presentation/lecture
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm Q&A

How to Attend: Course access and completion instructions.

Who Should Attend: This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services, particularly those who are supervisors or have an interest in supervision.

Teaching Methods: This is a live, interactive webinar. Enrollment includes access to live event(s) but does not include recordings of the presentations.

Instructor and Disclosures

Amie Bryant, LCSW, CAS, ACS

Amie Bryant is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Addictions Specialist, EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Approved Consultant, and Approved Clinical Supervisor, specializing in work with adults and older adolescents. She has been in private practice for over 15 years and also spent 10 years working at the Fort Lewis College Counseling Center as a counselor, Training Coordinator for the Graduate Clinical Training Program, and ultimately as Director of the Center. Her previous experience includes work in schools, integrated healthcare, wilderness therapy, juvenile detention, emergency services, adult outpatient mental health, substance use treatment and prevention, and as Adjunct Faculty for the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work Four Corners Program.

She is passionate about working with people to improve wellness by supporting them in developing a strong and healthy sense of self. Using a relational approach to cognitive behavioral therapies, she believes that through the therapeutic relationship, acquiring skills and knowledge, and increasing self-awareness and understanding, we can learn to respond to our difficulties and discomfort rather than react to them.

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.

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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.

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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 clinical 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. 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.

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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 an-interactive, live online webinar.

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.

Agreement

By registering for this event you are agreeing to the following:

• 24 hour notice is required if you are not able to make it to a live event. Recordings are not provided to webinar registrants.
• To update and test using Zoom.us/test before the event to ensure you are ready for the event.
• Since this is a live interactive event it means that your interaction during the event is expected.  Your name and image will be visible to other participants during the live event. You will NOT be included in any recording made.
• An evaluation must be completed within one week of the event. Continuing Education credit(s) cannot be issued unless you attend the event and the evaluation is submitted.  (Evaluation is not mandatory for APA hours)
• Partial CE credits are not possible; therefore you are required to be present throughout the event in order to receive CE credits.
• Respect all other participants during the event as though you would if you were sitting with the other attendees at a conference table:
  • Dress appropriately
  • Be in a private location void of distractions
  • Do not multitask
  • Do not drive during an event
  • Remain on mute unless you are sharing with the group

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