OBJECTIVE(S):  

The participant will:

    (a) Become familiar with the major models of supervision for clinical social work, marriage and family therapy or mental health counseling;

    (b) Gain skills to develop a personal model of supervision, drawn from existing models of supervision and from preferred styles of therapy;

    (c) Understand the co-evolving dynamics of therapist-client and supervisor-therapist-client relationships;

    (d) Explore distinctive issues that arise in supervision;

    (e) Address the contextual variables in practice such as culture, gender, ethnicity, power and economics;

    (f) Become familiar with the ethical, legal and regulatory issues of supervision;

    (g) Review the Florida laws and the board rules governing interns and supervision; and,

    (h) Understand the role of evaluation in supervision.

    (i) Understand the role of Mindfulness in clinical work and supervision

    (j) Practice through role plays and small group discussions actual supervision issues.