Clinical Supervision

This course gives clinicians the information and skills necessary to develop competence in counseling supervision. It also meets the 30-hour requirement for the supervisors of candidates seeking licensure from the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists (OBLPCT).

Topics to be covered include:
•    research-informed theories and approaches to supervision
•    the central tasks of supervision
•    personal factors, counter- transference and the parallel process
•    diversity, cross-cultural and multicultural competence
•    ethical and legal perspectives and risk management
•    and informed consent, supervision contracting and evaluation

Participants will have the opportunity to discuss actual supervisory highlights and challenges and experience common scenarios in a supportive atmosphere.

The course is designed for current and future supervisors of graduate interns, clinical staff, and licensure candidates.

Dates: Monday-Wednesday, April 30-May 2, 2012

Times: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Location: Lewis & Clark Graduate Campus, Conference Center Room 107

Instructor: James Gurule, M.A.

Noncredit or CEU: 30 hours, $500

Continuing Education Credit: CECP 827, 2 semester hours, $700

Registration Form (PDF)

Lewis & Clark is accredited by the Northwestern Association of Schools and Colleges and is an approved provider (#04228) of continuing education hours for the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC). The Oregon State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists, the Oregon State Board of Clinical Social Workers, and the Washington State Board of Chemical Dependency Counselors accept noncredit courses for licensure renewal.

About the Instructor

James Gurule, MA, LPC is a child and family therapist and Clinical Supervisor who has worked in Community Mental Health for the past 28 years.  His background and training include a strong Humanistic orientation, extensive knowledge and practice in systems work, and clinical exposure to a wide range of client and family situations.  In addition to providing psychotherapy and supervision, James has taught several Counseling Psychology graduate courses at Lewis & Clark College since 1998, and maintains a strong interest in working with graduate student trainees, Interns, early-career professionals, and many other clinicians who are seeking to expand and diversify their skills and perspectives in psychotherapy and clinical supervision.