
Approved Clinical Supervisor Training – Series I
Presented by Veronica M. Wanzer, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, ACS
Recorded on Monday, September 11, 2023 – Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page
This program provides an education in the art and science of clinical supervision provided over 2.5 days with 20 hours of continuing education training required to fulfill the requirements for most local clinical licensure boards.
Upon completion, a certificate will be provided and individuals can apply for the approved clinical supervisor status with their local licensure board. Covered areas include Roles and Functions of Clinical Supervisors, Supervisory Relationships, Theoretical Frameworks & Models, Clinical Supervision Methods & Techniques, Group Supervision, Evaluation, Remediation, & Gatekeeping , Clinical Supervision Administrative Procedures , Intro: Culturally Responsive Clinical Supervision, and Legal & Ethical Issues in Clinical Supervision I .
Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page
This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 20.0 CEs for Psychologists, 20.0 IL CEUS for Counselors and Social Workers, 20.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSW, and LMFTs, or 20.0 NBCC Clock Hours*.
*NBCC Clock Hours are not available in homestudy format

Module Descriptions and Objectives
This 4-hour module provides a foundational understanding of the roles and functions of clinical supervisors, including an exploration of supervisor ethics, evidence-based roles and functions, as well as supervisee role and expectations.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this module, professionals will be able to:
- Define supervision as a professional area of practice
- Identify and discuss the general goal of supervision, the necessary supervisor knowledge, skill, or competency
- Describe the supervisor’s role or function and the administrative responsibilities
- Identify the considerations and implications for supervision
- Identify and discuss the key elements and the importance of the clinical supervision process.
This 4-hour module provides fundamental, applicable information regarding the supervisory relationship, highlighting the importance, value, development, influence, power dynamics, and complexities of this collaborative interaction.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this module, professionals will be able to:
- Identify and share key aspects/traits for building a collaborative relationship
- Discuss the importance of a supervisory relationship and measuring its effectiveness
- Discuss the power dynamics in the relationship and how to use it appropriately and effectively
- Identify and demonstrate methods to prevent and resolve conflict and resistance within the relationship
This 1.5-hour module offers an in-depth understanding of theories and models that drive the clinical supervision process. Participants will learn, explore, and apply clinical supervision theories and models that closely align with their clinical identity and theoretical orientation.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this module, professionals will be able to:
- Identify and list at least 5 categories of supervision models
- Define and describe at least 5 supervision models
- Differentiate and define first and second waves of supervision models
- Discuss the benefits of an integrative supervision model
- Identify and apply supervision models for “goodness of fit” for clinical supervision case scenarios.
This 1.5-hour module provides evidence-based methods and techniques for engaging in clinical supervision including strategies for establishing, developing, maintaining, documenting, monitoring, and evaluating supervisory relationships and interactions.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this module, professionals will be able to:
- Explain the importance of having a model of supervision
- Identify and apply methods of supervision
- Identify at least three ways for building supervisee competence and cultural humility
- Demonstrate methods of monitoring, providing feedback, and evaluations
This 1-hour module offers participants an opportunity to learn, explore, and apply an in-depth understanding of group processes related to clinical supervision. Participants will review foundational evidence-based clinical group processes that translate to clinical supervision groups that include contracting, power dynamics, methods, and techniques for successful group clinical supervision.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this module, professionals will be able to:
- Identify and discuss the stages of group supervision, core group processes, and application to clinical supervision in groups
- Identify and process power dynamics, cultural, and ethical considerations for group supervision
- Identify and apply models of group supervision
This 1-hour module provides an overview of the evaluation, remediation, and gatekeeping processes necessary for clinical supervision. Participants will explore ethical requirements, ethical dilemmas, techniques for assessing and building clinical competence, as well as monitoring and documenting progress to ensure protection and support within the supervisory relationship.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this module, professionals will be able to:
- Identify and analyze common ethical issues mental health professionals encounter in clinical practice
- Define gatekeeping and explain the supervisor’s role as a gatekeeper
This 1-hour module provides detailed information and strategies for documenting and monitoring all aspects of the clinical supervision process. Participants will identify and apply ethical guidelines, standards, and strategies to ensure success with administrative tasks related to clinical supervision.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this module, professionals will be able to:
- Identify and explain the administrative obligations & functions of a clinical supervisor
- Describe the purpose and function of contracts in our profession
- Define and develop a disclosure statement and elements of a clinical supervision contract
- Understand the value of documentation in supervising professional services.
- Identify and apply critical aspects of documenting clinical supervision.
This 1-hour module offers participants an opportunity to explore and apply evidence-based methods for exploring culture throughout the clinical supervision process and within the supervisory relationship. Themes include cultural competence, broaching, cultural humility, and strategies to navigate culture-specific issues that emerge during clinical supervision.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this module, professionals will be able to:
- Describe power dynamics in the supervisory relationship
- Define and identify challenges in insufficient cultural supervision
- Apply strategies to address culture in supervision, including the application of cultural humility
This 1-hour module offers participants an overview of ethical and legal issues and standards related to clinical supervision. Participants will review and enhance their understanding of clinical supervision ethics using scenario-based cases and ethical dilemmas that emerge within the clinical supervision process relationship and process.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this module, professionals will be able to:
- Identify ethical areas of supervisor competence, knowledge, and practice
- Describe the ethical principles and values of the supervisory relationship
- Discuss the ethical requirements for gatekeeping and monitoring supervisee development and competence
- Define common examples of liability concerns and apply strategies for managing ethical dilemmas
Program Information
General Admission: $225
The Chicago School Faculty/ Staff/ Alumni: $150
The Chicago School Site Supervisors: $100
(Please email [email protected] for coupon code)
Refund Policy: 100% of tuition is refundable up to 48 hours before the live program. Within 48 hours of the live program, and at any time in Homestudy format, tuition is nonrefundable.
STANDARD 1.3: Program content focuses on topics related to psychological practice, education, or research other than application of psychological assessment and/or intervention methods that are supported by contemporary scholarship grounded in established research procedures.
GOAL 3: Program will allow psychologists to maintain, develop, and increase competencies in order to improve services to the public and enhance contributions to the profession
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Veronica M. Wanzer, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, ACS
Dr. Veronica M. Wanzer, aka, Dr. V, a native New Yorker, has served as a counselor and clinical supervisor in Maryland for ten+ years. In 2018, Dr. V graduated with a doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision from Walden University. Her dissertation focused on counselor competence with gender diverse clients. Immediately following graduation, she continued her journey as a counselor educator teaching in both Online and traditional Master’s-level counseling programs across the country, engaging with counseling students worldwide!
Dr. V’s research interests include issues of social justice, counselor competence and professional identity, as well as decolonizing mental health in marginalized communities. To disseminate this work, Dr. V presents at various counseling and interdisciplinary conferences on a yearly basis. She is engaged in various innovative research, social change projects, and publication efforts focused on social change and counseling at both domestic and international levels. She
published her first peer-reviewed article in the Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling. Dr. V is currently settling into her new role as Director of Clinical Training in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s Washington, DC Campus.
Target Audience: Mental health site supervisors or those seeking to become site supervisors. Mental health site supervisors are individuals licensed at the independent level of licensure, i.e. LPC, LCPC, etc.
Psychologists. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 20.0 continuing education credits. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods.
Counselors/Clinical Counselors. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available 20.0 hours of continuing education. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education programming for counselors and clinical counselors.License Number: 197.000159
Social Workers. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 20.0 hours of continuing education. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education programming for social workers. License Number: 159.001036
MFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs. Course meets the qualifications for 20.0 hour of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. If you are licensed outside of California please check with your local licensing agency to to determine if they will accept these CEUs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to offer continuing education programming for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is an accredited or approved postsecondary institution that meets the requirements set forth in Sections 4980.54(f)(1), 4989.34, 4996.22(d)(1), or 4999.76(d) of the Code.
National Board Counselors. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 20.0 NBCC Clock Hours. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 3061. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. (Live program only)
Non Psychologists. Most licensing boards accept Continuing Education Credits sponsored by the American Psychological Association but non-psychologists are recommended to consult with their specific state-licensing board to ensure that APA-sponsored CE is acceptable.
*Participants must attend 100% of the program in order to obtain a Certificate of Attendance.
If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to [email protected]. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.