Become A Clinical Supervisor
A surprising 60% of managers enter their roles without proper training, especially in behavioral health. Our Academy offers a comprehensive curriculum designed specifically for this field, equipping new supervisors with essential skills and effective leadership models.
Our online Academy, delivered via Zoom, provides cohort-style training, personalized consultations, valuable resources, and networking opportunities for a fee of $1,200 plus applicable taxes (payable monthly). Members of NMBHPA and NMCA enjoy a 25% discount on the 2025-2026 cohort. You’ll earn 49 continuing education credits upon completion and qualify for the Approved Clinical Supervisor certification.
The registration deadline is November 14, 2025. Classes are held online on Fridays from 9 AM to 12 PM MST, with optional consultations from 9 to 10:30 AM MST. The full curriculum is listed below.
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Academy Orientation, Leadership Styles + Research Project Introduction
NOVEMBER 14
Legal & Ethical Issues And Responsibilities In Clinical Supervision
Ethics are the cornerstone of the counseling profession. They help us respond to similar situations in a similar, pre-approved manner and help solidify our collective and personal, professional identities. Understanding the multiple legal and ethical concerns allows the counseling supervisor to best assist supervisees and their clients.
Roles & Functions Of Clinical Supervision
Counseling supervisors must be prepared to wear multiple hats for their supervisees and stakeholders. These hats include supporter, educator, administrator, and all subsets within those roles. There can be a lot of overlap between these roles, and it is important to be aware of what role is needed in any given situation and additional awareness of what role you are “slipping into” with your supervisee.
Theoretical Frameworks and Models Of Clinical Supervision
Supervision has a purpose. Three types of models emerged to help guide supervisors and provide structure for supervisees: developmental, integrated, and orientation-specific. Determining what models get used is at the supervisor’s discretion and, hopefully, based on the supervisee’s needs.
Utilization of Technology In Clinical Supervision
There are many ways technology can support and even enhance clinical supervision. While the pandemic may have pushed behavioral health into the use of telesupervision less planfully than we all would have wanted, it is not a new phenomenon and good literature supports its usage as part of supervisory practice. HIPAA and HITECH Laws apply to telesupervision, and counseling codes of ethics have guidelines for supervisors to ensure ethical best practice delivery. Developing a solid relationship is still a key factor in effective utilization.
Methods & Techniques In Clinical Supervision
Supervisors are responsible for fostering their supervisees’ development as they build their professional identity. They do this using various methods and techniques in the supervisory sessions. These methods and techniques serve different purposes and have advantages and disadvantages. Supervisors learn about these various methods and techniques and when and how to use them in this curriculum.
Trauma-Informed & Competent Clinical Supervision
Trauma-informed care is a commonly used term of art in behavioral health. Supervisors are responsible for providing a trauma-competent approach in their supervision to support the development of their supervisees and model self-awareness and care. Now more than ever, novice and experienced counselors are at risk for burnout or vicarious trauma, making the supervisor’s role even more critical to educate, recognize, and model trauma-informed care.
Supervisory Relationship Issues
As with any relationship, the supervisory relationship can have issues related to boundaries, unethical behavior, resistant supervisees, competence issues, and many others. In this curriculum, supervisors learn how to manage these issues as well as how to avoid them.
Culturally Responsive Clinical Supervision
Counseling is a multifaceted phenomenon that involves many variables. A complex variable includes the cultural background and contexts of the supervisee, client, and supervisor and how those contexts manifest in these relationships.
Group Supervision
This type of supervision can help supervisees offer peer support with cases, discuss issues they may be having, and offer a space to feel supported by both the supervisor and their peers. Although this type of supervision can be beneficial, it can also be challenging for a new supervisor to manage. This curriculum provides the supervisor with the skills to manage group supervision effectively.
Administrative Procedures & Responsibilities Related To Clinical Supervision
Clinical supervision includes a significant amount of administrative oversight and knowledge. While competent and informed clinical skills are necessary parts of the supervisory process, the importance of the administrative or organizational piece cannot be overlooked. Organizations may drive the requirements of this area of supervision; however, it is still essential for the supervisor to understand what administrative and management responsibilities they take on when they become a clinical supervisor.
Evaluation, Remediation, and Gatekeeping In Clinical Supervision
When a supervisee begins to see clients, the entire supervisory relationship is built. The supervisor is responsible for the supervisee’s development and provides support when needed. Most supervisors seamlessly move into these responsibilities yet struggle to accept their role in the evaluative component of supervision. A supervisee’s development can and should be measured to identify areas of concern as well as areas of strength.
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“The Clinical Supervision Academy is a comprehensive instructional package, and the instructors are professional and extremely knowledgeable. I’m using what I learned on a daily basis.” —Armando, LPCC