AAMFT Approved Supervisor Refresher Course

Sponsored by the Utah Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Thorana S. Nelson, Ph.D., Instructor

January 27, 2012

9:00-3:00

To maintain the highest quality supervisors in the field, the AAMFT requires that Approved Supervisors take a refresher course prior to the renewal of their designation. This course is designed specifically to meet that requirement and to keep participants up to date on the practice of clinical supervision. The course may be used to qualify for the Approved Supervisor designation by those who took the full course more than five years ago. At least four people must take the course for it to qualify as a refresher course.

The course will include case examples, didactic, and interactional instruction methods and will focus on current resources available to supervisors, management of ethical and legal issues likely to arise during supervision, utilization of supervision contracts, cultural competence in supervision and therapy, and discussion of the current Approved Supervisor requirements.

Participants will:

• review currently available clinical supervision resources and information, with an emphasis on the literature from the past five years.
• discuss ways to manage challenging ethical and legal issues that arise in the course of supervision and supervision mentoring.
• learn about the importance of contracts in supervision and review the key elements necessary for creating a developmentally appropriate supervision contract.
• consider ways to address multiple cultural issues that are inherent in and influence supervision and therapy.
• learn about the current standards for becoming and maintaining the AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation, with particular attention to the Approved Supervisor’s role as a mentor.
• Learn about changes in Utah’s licensing laws and rules for supervisors and trainees.

Participants are strongly encouraged to bring resources that would enhance and deepen the learning experience for everyone involved (e.g., samples of the forms they use; challenging supervisory situations for discussion) and be prepared to share their own supervisory expertise.

REQUIRED READINGS

Download and become familiar with the following:

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. (2007). AAMFT Approved Supervisor Designation Handbook Alexandria, VA: Author

AAMFT Code of Ethics, 2001. 

State of Utah MFT Licensing laws and rules: http://www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/marriage_family_therapy.html

To prepare for the course, please read at least three of the following articles that are of particular interest to you and be prepared to report on them. All articles are available at www.uamft.org/ www.FamilyTherapyResources.net  and are free for AAMFT clinical members. You may have other resources that would be useful to the group as well; please bring them. If you have difficulty downloading any articles or if an incorrect article downloads, please contact thorana.nelson@usu.edu.

 Alderfer, C. (2007). Triangulation -- the core of the supervisory process. Family Therapy Magazine, 6(5), 32-34.

 Aponte, H. J., Powell, F. D., Brooks, S., Watson, M. F., Litzke, C., Lawless, J. et al. (2009). Training the person of the therapist in an academic setting. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 35, 381-394.

 Bacigalupe, G. (2010). Supervision 2.0: E-supervision a decade later. Family Therapy Magazine, 9(1), 38-41.

 Bartle Haring, S., & Silverthorn, B. C., Meyer. (2009). Does live supervision make a difference? A multilevel analysis. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 35, 406-414.

 Karam, E., & Sprenkle, D. H. (published online 8/5/2009). The research-informed clinician: A guide to training the next-generation MFT. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy  

Miller, J. K., Todahl, J. L., & Platt, J. (2010). The core competency movement in marriage and family therapy: Key considerations from other disciplines. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36(1), 59-70.

 Morgan, M. M., & Sprenkle, D. H. (2007). Toward a common factors approach to supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 33, 1-17.

 Nelson, T. S., & Graves, T. (2011). Core competencies in advanced training: What supervisors say about graduate training. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 37,429-451.

 Nelson, T. S., Chenail, R. J., Alexander, Crane, D. R., Johnson, S. M., & Schwallie, L. (2007). The development of core competencies for the practice of marriage and family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 33(4), 417-438.

 Palmer-Olsen, L., Gold, L. L., & Woolley, S. R. (2011). Supervising emotionally focused therapists: A systematic research-based model. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 37, 411-426.

 Perosa, L. M., & Perosa, S. L. (2010). Assessing competencies in couples and family therapy counseling: A call to the profession. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36(2nd), 126-143.

 Rober, P. (2010). The interacting-reflecting training exercise: Addressing the therapist's inner conversation in family therapy training. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36(2), 158-170.

 Russell, C. S., DuPree, W. J., Beggs, M. A., Peterson, C. M., & Anderson, M. P. (2007). Responding to remediation and gatekeeping challenges in supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 33, 227-244.

 Sandberg, J. G., & Knestel, A. (2011). Supervising emotionally focused therapists: A systematic research-based model. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 37, 411-426.

 Schomburg, A. M., & Prieto, L. R. (2010). Trainee multicultural case conceptualization ability and couples therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 37, 223-235.

 Sparks, J. A., Kisler, T. S., Adams, J. F., & Blumen, D. G. (2011). Teaching accountability: Using client feedback to train effective family therapists. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 37, 452-467.

 
A good text is:

Lee, R. E., & Everett, C. A. (2004). The integrative family therapy supervisor. New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Other useful readings:

Aponte, H. J., & Carlson, J. C. (2009). An instrument for person-of-the-therapist supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 35, 395-405.

Clark, P. (2009). Resiliency in the practicing marriage and family therapist. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 35, 231-247.

Inman, A. G. (2006). Supervisor multicultural competence and its relation to supervisory process and outcome. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 32, 73-85.

Katehakis, A. (2010). Supervision of the treatment of sexual addiction. Family Therapy Magazine, 9(1), 22-25.

Laundy, K. C. (2010). Family therapy in schools. Family Therapy Magazine, 8(3), 41-43.

Lutz, L., & Irizarry, S. S. (2009). Reflections of two trainees: Person-of-the-therapist training for marriage and family therapists. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 35, 369-485.

Miller, J. K. (2010). Competency-based training: Objective structured clinical exercises (OSCE) in marriage and family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36, 320-332.

Miller, J. K., Todahl, J. L., & Platt, J. (2010). The core competency movement in marriage and family therapy: Key considerations from other disciplines. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36(1), 59-70.

Nixon, D. H., Marcell-Coney, D., Torres-Greggory, M., Huntley, E., Jacques, C., Pasquet, M. et al. (2010). Creating community: Offering a liberation pedagogical model to facilitate diversity conversations in MFT graduate classrooms. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36(2), 197-211.

Rock, M., Carlson, T. S., & McGeorge, C. R. (2010). Does affirmative training matter? Assessing CFT students' beliefs about sexual orientation and their level of affirmative training. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 36(2), 171-184.