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Digital Seminar

Advanced Clinical Supervision: Effective Tools for Ethical and Culturally Responsive Supervision


Speaker:
Sonja Sutherland, PhD, LPC
Duration:
6 Hours 19 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jul 08, 2025
Product Code:
POS150210
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

You’re not just guiding your supervisees, you’re impacting every client they’ll work with or clinician they mentor.

It’s a lot of responsibility — and most of the time, it feels manageable...

… until you hit real challenges with supervisees who are stuck, resistant to feedback, facing burnout, or even traumatized.

Suddenly what used to work just isn’t cutting it anymore…

That’s why we created this advanced clinical supervision program with supervision expert Dr. Sonja Sutherland, LPC!
 
This isn’t just another introductory training; it’s a comprehensive program designed to help you master the complex, high-level skills required to navigate even the most challenging supervisory situations. You’ll develop the tools to assess your supervisees’ developmental stages with precision, tailor strategies for their unique needs, and create an atmosphere that promotes growth, engagement, and clinical excellence all while being culturally responsive.

Dr. Sutherland will also show you how to:
 

  • Manage resistant or burned-out supervisees by using tailored strategies that address their unique challenges and support their growth.
  • Make tough ethical decisions with confidence using advanced frameworks that ensure clarity in complex situations.
  • Confidently practice culturally responsive supervision, with tools to support supervisees from diverse backgrounds and life experiences.
  • Apply real-world case studies and practical tools that you can integrate into your practice immediately, strengthening your supervision skills right away.
  • And much more!

 
This training will give you the advanced supervision skills so many other trainings just don’t offer

So don’t wait …

Register today!

Credit

Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



Canada Credit - *

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after passing the online post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). Instructional methods will include PowerPoint, didactic lecture, and others.

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Program content is reviewed periodically per accrediting board rules for currency and appropriateness for credit. Credit approvals are subject to change. Please note, your licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education, as well as which credit types are acceptable for continuing education hours. Please refer to your licensing board's rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. 
For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact info@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before purchase.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

For Planning Committee disclosures, please see the statement above.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

 


Canada Credit - ---

Earn up to 6.25 CE hours. Please see below, for more details, as credit amounts vary by jurisdiction and profession. 


Canada Credit - Ethics

THIS ACTIVITY QUALIFIES FOR 2.0 HOURS  OF General ETHICS INSTRUCTION. Not all boards allow ethics credit for on-line programs. If ethics is not specified within your licensing board’s approval statement below, please contact your board to determine the applicability and amount of ethics allowed.


Canada Credit - Canadian Counsellors and Psychotherapists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association to offer continuing education for counsellors and psychotherapists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This self-study activity is approved for 6.0 credit hours.


Canada Credit - Social Workers - National ASWB ACE

PESI, Inc., #1062, 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: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 6.25 Clinical continuing education credits.

 

Course Level: Advanced Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

 

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Canada Credit - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 6.0 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Canada Credit - Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



Handouts

Speaker

Sonja Sutherland, PhD, LPC's Profile

Sonja Sutherland, PhD, LPC Related seminars and products


Sonja Sutherland, PhD, LPC, trains clinicians and supervisors in the development of cross-cultural responsivity. Renowned in the field, she has provided individual, group, and family therapeutic services in many different settings for adolescents and adults for 20 years. Within the last 6 years, Dr. Sutherland has provided training, researched, and published in the areas of racial trauma, cultural competence development, the provision of culturally responsive clinical intervention and supervision, and social justice advocacy. Dr. Sutherland’s primary clinical practice centers on providing clinical supervision services to post-masters clinicians pursuing licensure.

Dr. Sutherland has served as a guest lecturer, trainer, and presenter for various organizations including Kaiser, ESPYR, Telehealth Certification Institute, the Georgia Psychological Association and many others. Dr. Sutherland is a core faculty member at Walden University as well as the founder and CEO of Legacy Changers Worldwide, an organization dedicated to providing family education and mental and emotional wellness resources. In addition, Dr. Sutherland provides continuing education workshops and supervision for various organizations, as well as being the Chief Diversity Consultant to the President for Richmont Graduate University. She is also a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development (AMCD), the Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES), and the Licensed Professional Counselor Association of Georgia (LPCA-GA).


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Sonja Sutherland is the founder and CEO of Legacy Changers Training Institute for Mental Health Equity & Justice, LLC., Diversity Dialogues, and Legacy changers Worldwide, LLC. She has an employment relationship with Adams State University. Dr. Sutherland receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Sonja Sutherland is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Counseling Association of Georgia, the Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors, and the Association for Multicultural Development.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Questions?

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Objectives

  1. Demonstrate competencies needed to provide ethical guidance to supervisees.
  2. Identify the 8 critical issues of supervisee clinical development.
  3. Apply supervision interventions to address identified supervisee deficiencies. 
  4. Utilize supervisee evaluation and assessment tools to increase supervisee self-awareness.
  5. Utilize goal setting and evaluation tools to implement effective supervision.
  6. Integrate culturally responsive decision making in supervision.

Outline

The Essentials of Clinical Supervision
  • Latest supervision foundations and best practices
  • Supervisor ethical responsibilities
    • Professionalism
    • Preparation
    • Oversight
    • Assessment of performance
  • Key factors in solidifying the supervision working alliance
  • Reinforce expectations for supervisee’s ethical responsibilities & readiness for supervision
Supervision Techniques, Roles, Functions & Competencies
  • Supervisor qualities that maintain the working alliance
  • Ethical implementation of supervisor functions, roles, and competencies
  • Advanced level tools for supervisee anxiety and blind spots
  • Questions to enhance supervisee self-awareness during clinical and supervisory interactions
  • Common missteps when guiding supervisees working with difficult clients
Supervision Conceptual Model

Supervisee Development: Navigating Complex Growth Stages
  • Stagnation related to poor insight and high self focus
  • Confusion related to ambivalence and imposter syndrome
  • Integration of cognitive understanding
  • Case vignettes
Supervisee Critical Development Issues
  • 8 core supervisee development areas
    • Competence
    • Emotional awareness
    • Autonomy
    • Theoretical identity
    • Respect for individual differences
    • Purpose and direction
    • Personal motivation
    • Professional ethics
  • Case vignettes
Choosing & Applying Interventions
  • 3 practical and ready to use culturally responsive supervision tools
  • Strategies for advanced and beginning supervisors
  • Case vignettes
    • Diversity considerations
    • Culturally responsive supervision
    • Apply interventions relevant to supervisee development
Goal Setting, Evaluation, Assessment
  • Discuss ethical best practices for supervision evaluation and gatekeeping
  • Comprehensive tool for supervisee goal setting and the formative evaluation process
  • Supervision goal setting and evaluation tools utilizing case vignettes
  • Considerations and tools for ethical remediation of supervisee deficiencies
  • Limitations and potential risks

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Case Managers
  • Therapists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Other Mental Health Professionals
  • Physicians

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