Sticky Situations and Satisfying Solutions in Clinical Supervision

Description

Supervisors face some of the toughest interpersonal dynamics in behavioral health—navigating resistance, managing feedback, and supporting struggling clinicians—all while safeguarding client care and professional ethics. When supervision gets sticky, you need practical tools, not just theory.

In this self-paced training, you'll gain clear, actionable strategies for addressing challenges in supervision that most courses overlook. You’ll walk away with a new level of confidence in responding to complexity with clarity, courage, and compassion.

Amie Bryant, LCSW, CAS, ACS, brings a wealth of real-world expertise to this course. As a licensed clinical social worker, addictions specialist, EMDRIA consultant, and approved clinical supervisor, she has spent over two decades mentoring clinicians across multiple systems—from private practice and integrated care to university counseling centers and community mental health.

With a relational approach rooted in cognitive behavioral therapies, Amie equips supervisors to navigate discomfort, foster growth, and model professionalism—even when facing resistance, cultural differences, or parallel process. Her teaching emphasizes humility, reflection, and skillful communication as the foundation for effective supervision.

This course dives into supervisory challenges like unclear expectations, supervisee resistance, competence concerns, countertransference, and theoretical mismatches. You'll also learn how to deliver feedback constructively, repair ruptures, and initiate courageous conversations that lead to meaningful growth. Finally, you'll develop a framework for implementing supervision action plans with integrity and kindness.

Key Takeaways:

• Navigate supervision challenges: Learn how to respond effectively to resistance, rupture, and interpersonal complexities.

• Enhance your communication skills: Discover how to deliver feedback and engage in courageous conversations with clarity and care.

• Support supervisee growth: Implement action plans and promote accountability without sacrificing connection or compassion.

Why this course?

• Real-world insight from a trusted leader: Learn from Amie Bryant, a seasoned supervisor with decades of hands-on experience in diverse behavioral health settings.

• Tools you’ll actually use: This course provides practical solutions—not just theories—for real challenges you face in supervision.

• Designed for your success: Created by the Telehealth Certification Institute, whose mission is to empower healthcare professionals through exceptional CE training and support.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify potential challenges and common errors in individual and group supervision.

• Define the concept of rupture/repair in clinical supervision.

• Practice having courageous conversations.

• List the key components of implementing an action plan.

You don’t have to supervise in isolation. Let this expert-led, self-paced course equip you with the knowledge, strategies, and confidence to lead with clarity—even when supervision gets sticky.

Enroll today to develop your skills, boost your confidence, and enhance your impact as a behavioral health professional.

Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 3 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 Amie Bryant, LCSW, CAS, ACS

Amie R. Bryant (she/her) is a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and trainer with over 20 years of experience in mental health. She is the owner of Four Corners Counseling, LLC, and provides individual psychotherapy, clinical supervision & consultation, and professional training. Amie is a CCE Approved Clinical Supervisor, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, and Certified EMDR Therapist, and holds a Certificate in Advanced Clinical Supervision from Smith College School of Social Work.

A former Director and Training Coordinator at Fort Lewis College Counseling Center, and longtime adjunct faculty member with the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, she has completed over 100 hours of group leadership training through the Matrix Leadership Institute, and is known for her relational, culturally affirming, and use-of-self–centered approach to supervision. She currently serves as contracted faculty for MSU Denver’s Front Porch Initiative and as an Essence-Oriented Therapeutics Consultant with True Success for All. A sought-after speaker, she regularly facilitates basic and advanced supervision trainings.

Disclosure Statement: 

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

CE Credits

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 3 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 3 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.

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 180 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 is a non-interactive, self-study course.

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