Demystifying the Remediation Process in Supervision

This training is provides 3 CEUs for LPC Supervisors. There is a $150.00 fee to attend this training. 

Objectives:

• Conceptualize the remediation process through a Relational Cultural Theory framework

• Understand the role of remediation in terms of gatekeeping within the counseling profession

• Understand the relationship between informed consent in the supervision process and remediation

Description: The primary purpose of the supervisory relationship is to guide counselors in training toward becoming effective, competent, ethical, and independent professional counselors. In Texas, associate-level counselors are now able to launch a private practice under the supervision of a Board Approved Supervisor. In this session, participants will have an opportunity to calm remediation fears while ensuring they remain attentive to the gatekeeping, an integral part of the role of a supervisor. During this presentation, attendees will be introduced to Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) concepts specifically learning how to create mutual growth-fostering relationships, engage in power-with as opposed to power-over, and foster space for authenticity and vulnerability in the supervisory relationship. Participants will have the opportunity to conceptualize the remediation process within an RCT framework. Participants in this presentation will also explore the remediation process while gaining insights regarding the relationship between remediation and gatekeeping, the value of informed consent in supervision, inherent power dynamics, professional dispositions, and counselor impairment. Session attendees will be provided with the presenter's informed consent and remediation plan documents both designed within an RCT framework. Participants will leave empowered with the tools and skills to successfully remediate current and future supervisees.

In this presentation, participants will be introduced to scholarly and seminal works of Relational Cultural Theory (RCT) to facilitate their understanding of the application of RCT to the supervisory relationship. Participants will be introduced to RCT skills and strategies that can be utilized from the very beginning of the supervisory relationship to facilitate an authentic, mutual growth-fostering relationship. The presenter will engage participants in exploring their ability to be authentic and vulnerable with their supervisees. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to become more self-aware by identifying negative and positive relational images in past supervisory relationships. Participants will also have an opportunity to learn how the core tenets of RCT facilitate a space of safety, trust, and growth in the remediation process. Participants will become familiar with and be able to define The Five Good Things, the Central Relational Paradox, mutual empathy, growth-fostering relationships, mutual vulnerability, and authenticity within the context of the supervisory relationship. Counselor professional dispositions will be reviewed and linked to the evaluative nature of the supervisory relationship and the remediation process. Finally, attendees will be provided with the presenter's informed consent and remediation plan documents both designed within an RCT framework.