A18 - Supervising Novice Therapists in a Digital World

Monday, May 1, 2023

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: 301 AB, Level 2, LACC

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Relias, LLC and National Council for Mental Wellbeing guarantee this educational conference is free from bias.

Workshop Presenter(s)

Sara C. Seidel Beall, NCC, LCMHC (she/her/hers)

Product Manager, Behavioral Health
Relias
Morrisville, North Carolina

Slides

Supervising novice therapists is essential to help them build skills and competence. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, digital engagement has sky-rocketed and many clinical supervisors are scrambling to find ways innovative ways to support their newest clinicians. There are countless ways to work with supervisees, but some supervisors are just using online. Clinical supervisors of licensed behavioral health clinicians will learn about the common supervision needs of novice counselors, different modalities to use in supervision and innovative ways to use technology as part of the supervision process.

Learning Objectives:

Describe common needs of novice behavioral health therapists.
Evaluate several different modalities for engaging novice behavioral health therapists in supervision.
Identify at least two ways to use technology as a part of the supervision process.