As helping professionals, we carry many individuals and families through life's traumas. Through this provision of care and support, we simultaneously collect the stories of countless people and communities we serve. This component of trauma-responsive practice creates a unique burden resulting from deep empathy – magnified by our collective professional and ethical orientation to social justice. Leaders and providers alike remain in the unique position of having to simultaneously lead, mentor, and effectively navigate and make sense of the sometimes-traumatic nature of social work practice. This educational session seeks to illustrate the impact of trauma on supervisors and supervisees; highlight the role of self-reflection in implementing supporting practice; and provide insights and reflections on self-stewardship and trauma-responsive practice within the context of clinical and organizational leadership.

We carry all of our identities with us into supervision, as supervisees and supervisors alike. If we want to create and foster supervision spaces that are safe and affirming—spaces where both parties can show up authentically—we must bring awareness and intentionality to the process.

Solution Focused Therapy is very effective when working with couples, because it breaks through typical couples’ patterns that cause problems between people. Solution Focused Therapy challenges the couple to share their vision for their future and then the clinician expertly amplifies these “solutions” in order to help the couple find their common ground.

Explore neuroscience, mindfulness, grounding interventions, movement, trauma-informed drumming, ethics, and more through a retreat-inspired learning experience for social workers.

The objectives of this webinar are to increase the participants’ body of knowledge and skills associated with clinical supervision, address issues and concerns of participants in the practice of supervision and provide a conceptual framework for integrating the vast body of knowledge and skills related to clinical practice. Special emphasis will be on methods of supervision and examining common problems and ethical issues faced by supervisors. The workshop will be presented in a practical manner with the use of case illustrations, videotaped sessions and role-playing.