Virtual- Qualified Supervision Training (QST)

Virtual-Qualified Supervision Training (QST) is organized by Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA).

Description:
In this 12-hr. continuing education course required to meet the qualifications for Qualified Supervisory Training, the didactic, engaging, and interactional instruction will be delivered in a virtual format, supporting segments of didactic approaches enhanced through model(s), styles of supervision, and trauma-informed care.

Updated and current best practice approaches will be explored, including distinctive issues that arise in supervision such as cultural, gender, ethnicity, power, economics, and secondary traumatic stress. The interactive discussion will be framed against the backdrop of current laws and rules within the changing atmosphere of the practice. Telemental Health in practice will be explored and the use of Telemental Health practice post-COVID-19 will be discussed. Best practice examples of Telemental Health will be examined.  

Exploration of the latest Florida laws and Board rules for interns and supervisors will include a discussion of the role of evaluation in supervision in the context of Deliberate Practice, Feedback Informed Treatment, and Trauma Informed Care.

A closing, integrative review of the CE contents will include a fusion of psychotherapy methods, Deliberate Practice, Feedback Informed Treatment, and Trauma Informed Care. At the end of the CE, participants will have developed a personal model of supervision, and examined trauma, burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress self-care strategies. Finally, participants will consider the use of Deliberate Practice, Feedback Informed Treatment, and Trauma Informed Care in their qualified supervision practice.

Learning Objectives:
• Review the Major Models and Styles of Supervision and Trauma Informed Care for clinical social work, marriage and family therapy, or mental health counseling.
• Develop a personal model of supervision, drawn from existing models of supervision and preferred therapeutic styles.
• Understand the co-evolving dynamics of therapist-client and supervisor-therapist-client relationships.
• Explore distinctive issues that arise in supervision.
• Address the contextual variables in practice such as culture, gender, ethnicity, power, economics, and Secondary Traumatic Stress.
• Describe ethical, legal, and regulatory issues of supervision, including documentation of the supervisory sessions.
• Review Florida laws and board rules governing Interns and Supervisors.
• Understand the role of evaluation in supervision.
• Review and Integrate Workshop Content.