Clinical Supervision | A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approach

June 9, 2012        9:00 am – 4:00 pm

9:00 – 10:45

1) Introduction

• Setting the tone
• Presentation of Self: The Autobiographical Diaologue

2) The Map of Supervision

• The Historical Context
• The Organizational Context
• The Assumptive World

3)The Supervisory Vision

• Ontological Principles
• Epistemological Principles
• Pragmatic Principles
• Ethical Principles

4) Ontological Principles

• The Relational Self
• The Therapist’s Journey:

a) Three Modes of Being

b) The Evolution of a Psychotherapist: A developmental model

• Beginning Level
• Intermediate Level
• Advance: Integration and Professional Individuation

5) The Development of a Supervisor

10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:30  Epistemological Principles

• Elements of Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory
• Personal relationship to theory
• How people change

1. Prochaska  Transtheoretical model of change
2. The role of Affect tolerance
3. Transformative states – Chaos Theory
4. The Boston Change Process Study Group
5. The Relational Matrix
6. Findings from psychotherapy outcome research

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:45 Pragmatic Principles

1) What we do

• The Tasks of Psychotherapy
• What Makes a Good Therapist
• What Makes Good Psychotherapy
• Inside A Therapist’s Mind

2) The Nuts And Bolts of Supervision

• Responsibilities of Supervision
• The Supervisory Relationship: A Relational Model
• Examining the supervision session
• Establishing learning goals
• Structuring the session
• Documentation of the supervision session
• Evaluation as process

2:45 – 3:00 Break

3:00 –4:00  Ethical Principles

1) An Ethical Awakening

• Rationalizations for substandard practice
• Questions for an ethical self-evaluation

2) Guidelines For the Ethical Practice of Supervision

3)Recent changes in laws and regulations pertaining to supervision

 

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will learn a contemporary psychoanalytic framework for conceptualizing supervision.
2. Participants will make explicit their organizing principles that influence how they think about and conduct supervision.
3. Participants will learn the stages of supervisee development and ways to work with supervisees at different levels of training.
4. Participants will be able to identify effective and ineffective characteristics of supervision.
5. Participants will learn laws relevant to the practice of supervision and understand the responsibilities of supervision and ways to reduce risk.

 

Registration Information

Continuing Education: This conference is approved for 6 hours  of continuing education for Psychologists, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists and meets the requirements for Supervisory Experience. Approval # PROO23-0071

Fees: $140.00

Payment: You can pay online by clicking the Buy Now button at the bottom of the page or by  check. Please  make the check out to Larry Brooks Ph.D. and mail to 138 N. Brand # 300, Glendale CA 91203.

Refund Policy:  You will be refunded the fee minus $15.00 if cancellation occurs one week prior to workshop.

Location: The workshop will be held at 138 N. Brand #300 Glendale, CA  91203.

Contact Information: Larry Brooks Ph.D.  (818) 243-0839 or drbrooks@drlarrybrooks.com

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Clinical Supervision $140.00 USD The Therapist’s Journey $140.00 USD