Expanding the Role of Clinical Supervision in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling

This 9-hour course will provide education and insights into the issue of clinical supervision.  It is intended to meet the recertification requirements for counselors holding the the Certified Clinical Supervisor credential offered by IC&RC Member Boards.  This is an original course developed from the work and teachings of David Powell, and is designed to expand on the information found in his book Clinical Supervision in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling  

Goals/Objectives

At the completion of this course you will be able to:

Assessment and Evaluation

  • Provide three definitions of supervision: Powell’s, Skills

  • Provide their own definition of clinical supervision

  • Identify evaluation skills in assessing counselor competency

  • Demonstrate five intervention skills

  • Demonstrate skills in giving feedback to counselors

  • Demonstrate knowledge of three indirect and three direct methods of observation

  • Differentiate between case management and clinical supervision

Counselor Development

  • Define the four foci of clinical supervision according to the Powell definition
  • Define five characteristics of the three stages of counselor & supervisor development
  • Describe at characteristics of at least three of the Descriptive Dimensions
  • Define at least three contextual factors involved in supervision
  • Define five problems in supervision and procedures to overcome these obstacles
  • Define isomorphism and its relationship to the clinical supervisory process
  • Define transference and counter-transference and its relevance to clinical supervision

Professional Responsibility

  • Define two clinical supervision credentialing organizations and their requirements
  • Describe at least four of the ICRC requirements to be a clinical supervisor
  • Assess their own preparedness to be certified by AAMFT and/or ICRC
  • Describe two legal and ethical issues in clinical supervision
  • Define vicarious liability in supervision
  • Define three qualities of their own foundation of supervision
  • State at least four authors who have written extensively in the area of supervision

Management and Administration

  •  Describe their own agency’s performance appraisal system

  • State federal, state and local regulations regarding confidentiality, patient rights

  • Define at least five models of clinical supervision

  • Define at least three components of the Powell Blended Model of Supervision

  • Begin to define their own model of supervision

 

Your Course Instructor:
David Powell
Ph.D., LADC, CCS, LMFT

Dr. David J. Powell, Ph.D., LADC, CCS, LMFT is President of the Clinical Supervision Institute, a division of the International Center for Health Concerns, Inc (ICHC). He is most noted for his work in clinical supervision and management, having trained thousands of counselors, managers, supervisors, and directors since 1976. He is the author of five books, his latest, Clinical Supervision in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling, which is the major text on the subject in the substance abuse field. A clinician of 36 years, Dr. Powell is a licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, certified clinical supervisor, certified sex therapist, and Diplomat in the International Academy of Behavioral Medicine and Psychotherapy. He was Chief Executive Officer/President of ETP Inc. for twenty-five years wherein he oversaw the clinical supervision programs for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, operational at over 100 military bases worldwide. Currently Dr. Powell is involved in clinical supervisory training, and presents on subjects ranging from integrating spirituality into treatment, macro- and micro-ethics, men's issues in the second half of life, and care for the caregiver. As President of ICHC he is involved in establishing exchanges of information and resources concerning behavioral health between militaries of various nations. 

Dr. Powell is a father of two adult daughters, married to Barbara since 1972, and is an avid model railroader and plays trumpet in a brass ensemble.