This course is a live, interactive webinar held on Friday, May 16, 2025 from 1-2:30pm Eastern Daylight 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 supervision often focuses heavily on technical skills and theoretical knowledge, yet the most powerful tool we bring to our work is ourselves. Supervision offers a unique opportunity to cultivate the self as a professional, emphasizing the integration of personal and professional identity in clinical practice. By focusing on the use of self, this course explores how supervisors can intentionally bring their unique personality, insights, and lived experiences into the supervisory relationship while navigating the complexities of power dynamics, authority, and cultural identity. This intentionality fosters a dynamic space where supervisors and supervisees alike can deepen their self-awareness, refine their skills, and remain grounded in their work. By focusing on the person behind the profession, supervision becomes more than a tool for skill-building—it becomes a reflective and relational space that nurtures ethical practice, professional growth, and ultimately, the most effective care for clients.
This course is for mental health professionals at any stage of their supervisory journey, from those newly stepping into the role to seasoned supervisors seeking a deeper relational approach. It is especially suited for those who value reflective, process-oriented supervision and are ready to explore how their unique personality, experiences, and self-awareness shape the supervisory relationship.
This training builds on the premise that we, as supervisors, are the instruments of our trade. By combining relational supervision practices, cultural humility, and the use of self-awareness, it moves beyond traditional supervision frameworks. The course offers insights into navigating power dynamics, unconscious processes, and intersectional identities, helping supervisors co-create a meaningful and ethical supervisory relationship that prioritizes both personal and professional growth.
Participants can expect to deepen their understanding of how to use themselves as intentional tools in supervision, creating a reflective and collaborative space that prioritizes mutuality, safety, and growth. They will learn strategies to address power dynamics and relational ruptures while fostering an environment where both supervisor and supervisee can explore their professional identities authentically. By staying grounded in their own self-awareness and clarity, participants will enhance their ability to guide supervisees in offering the highest quality of care to clients.
By centering the person behind the profession, this course equips supervisors to remain attuned, ethical, and effective in their supervisory practice. These changes are essential because they not only elevate the quality of supervision but also ensure that supervisees—and, in turn, clients—benefit from the clarity, integrity, and intentionality of a supervisor who is both grounded and relationally present.
Learning objectives:
- Define "use of self" in clinical supervision and explain how self-awareness, self-disclosure, and emotional regulation enhance supervisory effectiveness.
- Discover “use of self” in its role in fostering relational presence, navigating power dynamics, and promoting professional growth.
- Develop greater awareness of how personal and professional identities, values, and lived experiences shape supervisory relationships and influence power dynamics within supervision.
Schedule: (times listed in Eastern Daylight (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: Instructions for attending and completing a course can be found here.
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.
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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 10 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.
Credit Hours: This course consists of 1.5 continuing education hours of credit.
Counselors:
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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.
Social Workers:
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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.
Psychologists:
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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 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.
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
Closed captioning is offered for all live webinar participants.
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