It’s Not Just Your Name on the Line: How Your Contract Supports Compliance and Standards in Clinical Supervision

Description

Your license—and your supervisee’s future—depends on more than your good intentions. Without a clear, well-structured supervision contract, you risk ethical missteps, compliance issues, and professional liability.

This course provides the foundation for creating documentation that protects your professional integrity, supports your supervisees’ growth, and meets regulatory expectations—helping you feel more confident in your role as a clinical supervisor.

Francisca Mix, MA, LPC, BC-DMT, ACS, is a seasoned clinician and sought-after trainer with nearly 20 years of experience supporting the full lifecycle of mental health professionals. As CEO of Francisca Consulting & Counseling and a former Clinical Director at Noeticus Counseling Center, Francisca has trained hundreds of supervisors, interns, and organizational leaders on supervision, compliance, ethics, and clinical documentation. She brings a blend of deep expertise and practical insight to every training she leads.

Through a warm, engaging, and interactive approach, Francisca invites participants to reflect on their current supervision practices while grounding them in best practices for compliance, documentation, and ethical clarity. Her teaching style honors professional experience while offering actionable strategies supervisors can implement right away.

This course covers the essential functions and obligations of clinical supervisors, the purpose of a professional disclosure statement, and the practical and ethical reasons for implementing a well-written supervision contract. Participants will also examine key elements required in supervision contracts, such as supervisor qualifications, models of supervision, evaluation procedures, emergency protocols, confidentiality limitations, and ethical commitments.

Key Takeaways:

• Clarify your legal and ethical duties: Understand the fundamental obligations and responsibilities expected of all clinical supervisors.

• Strengthen your documentation practices: Learn how a disclosure contract supports supervision goals, protects licenses, and maintains compliance.

• Identify what belongs in a contract: Gain clarity on the essential components that must be included in a professional supervision agreement.

Why this course?

• Designed for real-world practice: This course goes beyond theory, helping you apply supervision standards to the actual documentation you use every day.

• Expert-led by a proven educator: Learn from a respected trainer with deep clinical supervision experience and a history of shaping competent, ethical clinicians.

• Brought to you by a trusted provider: Telehealth Certification Institute delivers CE courses tailored for today’s behavioral health professionals with an emphasis on ethics, quality, and relevance.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the obligations & functions of a clinical supervisor

• Explain the purpose of contracts in our profession

• Describe disclosure statement and contract elements

Gain peace of mind knowing your documentation supports your supervisees—and protects your professional role. This course offers tools and insights that every clinical supervisor can use to uphold best practices with confidence.

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Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 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: 

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Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Francisca Mix, MA, LPC, BC-DMT, ACS

Francisca Mix is the CEO & Founder of Francisca Consulting & Counseling. She continues to support professionals and individuals to find more joy, confidence, and fulfillment in business and in life for nearly 20 years. Francisca was one of the trainers featured in The Colorado Counseling Association (CCA) Clinical Supervision Training. She consults with other leadership teams in the field supporting company programming, compliance, training development, change management, and more. In addition, Francisca was the former Clinical Director/Trainer at Noeticus Counseling Center where she supported hundreds of upcoming professionals in the mental health field for over a decade through clinical internship programming and the Approved Clinical Supervisor advanced training. Lastly, Francisca provides training/webinars for various companies on topic such as: clinical supervision, private practice building, ethics and law in mental health, marketing in mental health, and more. 

Francisca Mix's instructor information.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor 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 ethics 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.

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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 is a non-interactive, self-study course.

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