Fostering Clinical Confidence In Your Supervisees

Description

This course does not offer CE Credits. The same course is available for purchase and offers 3 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians.  See "related products" below.

Clinical confidence doesn’t just happen—it’s built. And as a supervisor, you play the most pivotal role in shaping it. This course offers the essential tools and insights you need to cultivate confident, capable, and autonomous clinicians ready to succeed in real-world settings.

Whether you're a seasoned supervisor or stepping into the role for the first time, this self-paced course invites you to rethink how you guide your supervisees and offers concrete strategies that make your job easier—and their growth more assured.

Shannon Heers, LPC, LMHC, CAS, ACS, is a seasoned therapist, clinical supervisor, and founder of Firelight Supervision and Catalyss Counseling. With extensive experience guiding therapists at all levels, Shannon specializes in practical and sustainable approaches to supervision, including burnout prevention and therapist development.

In this course, Shannon offers a clear, structured approach to building clinical confidence in supervisees by focusing on both foundational principles and everyday supervision strategies. Her guidance is grounded, insightful, and immediately applicable.

You’ll explore the seven foundations of therapist confidence, examine the supervisor’s responsibilities in shaping professional identity, and learn practical methods to instill trust, resilience, and autonomy in your supervisees.

Topics covered include defining clinical confidence, fostering professional identity, addressing imposter syndrome, using strengths-based supervision, promoting autonomy and risk-taking in safe ways, and identifying common supervisory pitfalls that erode confidence.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand what builds confidence: Gain insight into the seven foundations that contribute to a therapist’s clinical self-assurance.

• Redefine the role of the supervisor: Learn how your presence, feedback, and modeling can directly affect your supervisee’s development.

• Apply practical strategies: Walk away with a set of actionable tools to support and accelerate supervisee growth.

Why this course?

• Focused on your impact: This course is designed to help supervisors do what matters most—empower others.

• Led by a trusted expert: Shannon’s clinical and supervisory background ensures relevant, field-tested content.

• Offered by an industry leader: Telehealth Certification Institute equips behavioral health professionals with the training they need to thrive in today’s changing healthcare landscape.

Learning Objectives:

• List the 7 foundations of therapist clinical confidence

• Define the clinical supervisor’s roles in instilling clinical confidence in supervisees

• Demonstrate practical strategies for improving supervisee confidence

Helping your supervisees become confident, independent clinicians doesn’t have to feel like guesswork. With the right framework and tools, it becomes one of the most rewarding aspects of your professional life—begin your journey today.

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Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study program and consists of 3 hours of video instruction and an evaluation.

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.

Instructors and Disclosures

Instructor

About Shannon Heers, LPC, LMHC, CAS, ACS 

Shannon Heers is an experienced therapist, clinical supervisor, and the founder of Firelight Supervision. Firelight Supervision provides clinical supervision and clinical consultation to counselors and social workers pursuing licensure, as well as post-licensure professional development. Shannon is also the owner of Catalyss Counseling, a group private practice located in Colorado. Shannon specializes in providing clinical supervision and clinical consultation to beginner to advanced therapists, and is passionate about burnout prevention in the counseling field.

Disclosure Statement: 

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

CE Hours

This course does not offer CE credits, just great content.

The same course is available for purchase and offers 3 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians.  See "related products" below.

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.

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