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Title of Workshop: Beyond the Case Presentation: Using Live Observation to Improve Clinical Competence, Client Outcomes, and Supervisory Effectiveness
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
CEs: 2 Hours
Presenter: Allison Brownlee, Psy.D., LMFT

Workshop Description: Effective supervision requires more than reviewing case presentations and documentation. Direct observation of clinical work provides supervisors with invaluable information about a supervisee's therapeutic skills, ethical decision-making, cultural responsiveness, and ability to build therapeutic alliances. Yet many supervisors report uncertainty about how to implement live observation in ways that are practical, legally compliant, and supportive of supervisee development.

In this interactive workshop, Dr. Allison Brownlee will introduce supervisors to evidence-informed approaches for incorporating live observation into their supervisory practice. Participants will learn how to establish informed consent procedures, select appropriate observation methods, provide effective feedback, evaluate clinical competencies, and navigate common challenges associated with direct observation. Through case examples, demonstrations, role-plays, and structured feedback exercises, participants will develop practical tools for implementing live observation in agency, private practice, telehealth, and training environments. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening supervisee growth, improving client outcomes, promoting multicultural competence, and enhancing supervisory effectiveness.

Educational Goals:

1. Strengthen their ability to implement live observation practices.
2. Improve supervisee competency abd enhance client outcomes.
3. Support ethical decision-making, and promote culturally responsive clinical care.

After Successfully Completing This Course, Supervisors Will Be Able To:

1. Identify at least four benefits of incorporating live observation into clinical supervision.
2. Describe three ethical and legal considerations relevant to live observation.
3. Identify three common supervisee reactions to observation and implement strategies to address them.
4. Learn ways to evaluate therapist competencies using observable behavioral indicators.

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Allison Brownlee, LMFT brings a highly applied, relational, and clinically grounded approach to supervision training that directly benefits practicing clinicians seeking to deepen their supervisory competence. In this course, clinicians will learn how to cultivate a more attuned, emotionally present, and developmentally responsive supervisory stance. Through her teaching, participants gain practical tools for strengthening supervisory alliance, working with attachment dynamics as they emerge in supervision, and using reflective and experiential methods to support supervisee growth. Clinicians will also learn how to increase their own emotional attunement and co-regulation capacities, allowing them to create supervision environments that are both clinically rigorous and emotionally safe.

Dr. Brownlee’s background uniquely positions her to teach this material because she actively integrates clinical practice, advanced supervision roles, and higher education instruction. As the Founder and Clinical Director of Stronger Together Community Services (STCS), she oversees a community-based training program serving diverse and complex populations, including veterans, active duty military, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ clients, and underinsured communities. This leadership role ensures her teaching is continuously informed by real-world supervision demands, system-level clinical training, and the practical realities clinicians face in the field.

Title of Workshop: Cultural Humility in Supervision: Supporting Immigrant, First Generation, and Undocumented Associates
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
CEs: 2 Hours
Presenter: Muriel Casamayor, DSW, M.A., LMFT

Workshop Description: As California’s behavioral health workforce becomes increasingly diverse, supervisors are more likely to work with associates who identify as immigrant, first-generation, multilingual, DACA-recipient, or undocumented. These experiences may influence professional identity development, clinical decision-making, experiences of belonging, and responses to systemic and sociopolitical stressors. This workshop examines the role of cultural humility within clinical supervision and provides practical strategies for supporting immigrant, first-generation, multilingual, and undocumented associates while maintaining ethical and professional standards. Participants will explore power dynamics, psychological safety, contextual factors that influence supervisee development, and common supervisory challenges through case examples and guided discussion.

Educational Goals:

1. Enhance supervisors' ability to provide culturally responsive and ethically grounded supervision to immigrant, first-generation, and undocumented associates.
2. Strengthen supervisors’ understanding of how contextual factors, identity, systemic barriers, and sociopolitical stressors may influence professional development, clinical decision-making, and the supervisory relationship.
3. Learn practical strategies to foster psychological safety, support professional growth, and maintain accountability within supervision.

After Successfully Completing This Course, Supervisors Will Be Able To:

1. Identify at least three contextual factors that may influence the supervision experiences of immigrant, first-generation, and undocumented associates.
2. Describe at least two principles of cultural humility and their application within the supervisory relationship.
3. Apply at least three culturally responsive supervisory strategies that promote psychological safety, professional growth, and accountability.
4. Differentiate between supportive supervisory responses and supervisory practices that may unintentionally contribute to bias, exclusion, or barriers to learning.

Presenter Bio:

Muriel Casamayor, DSW, LMFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, clinical supervisor, educator, and consultant. She provides supervision, mentorship, and professional opportunities to pre-licensed clinicians. Dr. Casamayor serves as President of IE-CAMFT and as an instructor with UCLA Extension. Her work focuses on culturally responsive mental health care, clinical supervision, workforce development, and increasing access to behavioral health services for historically underserved communities. She has provided supervision, consultation, training, and mentorship to immigrant, first-generation, and undocumented clinicians navigating professional development within the behavioral health field. In addition to her professional experience, Dr. Casamayor brings lived experience as a former undocumented immigrant and first-generation professional. Participants will gain practical supervisory strategies informed by both professional expertise and lived experience to support culturally responsive, ethical, and relationship-centered supervision.

Title of Workshop: Beyond Damage Control: Facilitating Post-Traumatic Growth After Difficult Clinical Events
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 2:45 – 4:45 p.m.
CEs: 2 Hours
Presenter: Lisa Torres, Ph.D., LMFT

Workshop Description:
This course examines how clinical supervisors help supervisees recover after difficult clinical events, such as client crises and negative outcomes. It draws attention to both risk management and the supervisor's role in supporting supervisee growth and resilience.

Participants will learn to identify supervisee responses to critical clinical incidents, differentiate between burnout, secondary traumatic stress, moral distress, and post-traumatic growth, and implement supervisory interventions that support recovery and professional development. Using real-world cases, experiential activities, and reflective practice exercises, participants will learn to guide supervisees from crisis stabilization toward post-traumatic growth.

Educational Goals:

1. Enable supervisors to effectively support clinicians following challenging clinical events.
2. Increase understanding of post-traumatic growth and its application within clinical supervision.
3. Strengthen supervisory skills that promote resilience, reflective practice, and professional identity development.
4. Enhance supervisors' skills to balance accountability, give emotional support, and facilitate clinical learning after adverse events.

After Successfully Completing This Course, Supervisors Will Be Able To:

1. Participants will be able to identify at least three typical supervisee responses following critical clinical incidents.
2. Participants will differentiate burnout, secondary traumatic stress, moral distress, vicarious trauma, and post-traumatic growth.
3. Participants will be able to develop a post-event supervision framework including strategies for containment, reflective processing, and meaning-making.

Presenter Bio:
Dr. Lisa Torres, PhD, CA LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, CAMFT Certified Supervisor, is a licensed marriage and family therapist with extensive experience in mental health. Her qualifications for providing continuing education to licensed mental health clinicians are supported by her advanced academic background, professional credentials, and practical experience. She holds a PhD from an AAMFT-approved program in marriage and family therapy, specializing in child and adolescent therapy, which showcases her deep understanding of mental health theories, research, and clinical practices. Dr. Torres has significant experience in providing therapy to individuals, couples, and families, dealing with a wide range of mental health issues—giving her real-world insights and effective intervention strategies. Additionally, she has specialized training and experience in areas like trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship dynamics, and systemic therapy, making her well-versed in advanced clinical techniques. Her experience in teaching, mentoring, and supervising other clinicians demonstrates her ability to convey complex concepts clearly and effectively, ensuring that participants in her continuing education programs gain valuable knowledge and skills. These qualifications collectively position Dr. Lisa Torres as a highly competent provider of continuing education for licensed mental health clinicians.

Title of Workshop: Untouchable Issues in Supervision: Breaking the Silence on What We Avoid Through Courageous Conversations That Protect Clients, Srengthen Supervisees, and Build Better Supervisors
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
CEs: 1 Hour
Presenter: Yvonne Jackson, Ph.D., LMFT

Workshop Description:
Clinical supervisors routinely encounter difficult supervisory conversations involving therapist impairment, burnout, countertransference, supervisee resistance, cultural differences, ethical concerns, and performance issues. Yet many of these conversations are delayed or avoided due to discomfort, uncertainty, or fear of damaging the supervisory relationship.

This workshop introduces the COURAGE Framework, a relationship-based approach designed to help supervisors address difficult conversations while maintaining psychological safety, supporting supervisee growth and protecting client welfare. Participants will explore evidence-based supervision practices, engage in experiential learning activities, and develop practical skills for navigating challenging supervisory situations.

Educational Goals:

1. Enhance supervisors' ability to recognize and address difficult supervisory issues through evidence-informed, culturally responsive, and relationship-based interventions.
2. Strengthen professional competence, support supervisee development, and promote client welfare.

After Successfully Completing This Course, Supervisors Will Be Able To:

1. Identify at least five commonly avoided supervisory issues that impact supervisee development and client care.
2. Describe four consequences of avoiding difficult supervisory conversations.
3. Explain the seven components of the COURAGE Framework.
4. Apply the COURAGE Framework to a supervision case involving performance, ethical, or relational concerns.
5. Identify three culturally responsive strategies for addressing difficult supervisory conversations.
6. Differentiate between supportive supervision and gatekeeping responsibilities.
7. Develop an action plan for addressing a current supervisory challenge.

Presenter Bio:

Yvonne Jackson, DMFT, LMFT, BSN, PHN, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, CAMFT Certified Supervisor, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, EMDR Certified Therapist, and EMDR Consultant-in-Training based in Rancho Cucamonga, California. She holds a Doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy from National University, a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Chapman University, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Loma Linda University. Dr. Jackson is the founder of Living Hope Counseling Center, where she provides evidence-based therapy with families, couples, youth, and trauma survivors utilizing EMDR and Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Level 3). She currently serves as Adjunct Faculty at UMass Global and at the JFK School of Psychology and Social Science at National University.

Her professional background spans U.S. military service, decades of public health and home health nursing, hospital charge nursing, and quality coordination and education at Kaiser Permanente, before fully transitioning to marriage and family therapy and supervision. This cross-disciplinary career gives Dr. Jackson rare insight into hierarchical systems, clinician impairment, gatekeeping, and the institutional forces that shape what gets named — and what gets avoided — in professional relationships.

A trauma specialist with advanced training in EMDR and cognitive processing approaches, Dr. Jackson brings a depth-oriented, relationally grounded perspective to supervision education. She is passionate about equipping supervisors to do the courageous work the profession demands.

Title of Workshop: The Greatest Untouchable Topic in Supervision: Transformation, Meaning, and the Question, "What Does the Soul Want?
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
CEs: 1 Hour
Presenter: Nicole Dolan, Ph.D., LMFT

Workshop Description: In this presentation, Dr. Nicole Dolan explores what she considers one of the most overlooked topics in clinical supervision: transformation. Drawing from depth psychology, attachment theory, trauma-informed care, interpersonal neurobiology, and relational models of supervision, participants will examine how supervision can support not only clinical competence but also the development of professional identity, reflective capacity, and psychological growth.

Using the depth psychological question, "What does the soul want?" as a framework for meaning-making, Dr. Dolan invites participants to consider how symptoms, resistance, uncertainty, and challenging clinical experiences may be understood as meaningful aspects of the therapeutic and supervisory process. Within the context of this presentation, the term soul refers to an individual's deeper psychological life, including meaning, purpose, values, and the unconscious processes that influence behavior and development.
The workshop will explore several commonly avoided or "untouchable" topics in supervision, including spirituality, authenticity, countertransference, parallel process, therapist self-doubt, and conversations surrounding suffering and suicide. Participants will learn practical strategies for engaging these topics while maintaining ethical, relational, and clinically grounded supervisory practices.

Educational Goals:

1. Expand supervisors' capacity to facilitate clinician growth through a depth-oriented and transformational lens.
2. Explore how supervision can move beyond competency development and case consultation to support self-awareness, meaning-making, psychological growth, and professional identity formation.
3. Gain a broader framework for understanding transformation in clients, supervisees, and themselves, while deepening their ability to engage difficult clinical conversations with curiosity, authenticity, and relational presence.

After Successfully Completing This Course, Supervisors Will Be Able To:

1. Identify three ways a depth psychological perspective differs from traditional symptom-focused approaches to supervision.
2. Describe at least three commonly avoided ("untouchable") topics that may arise within clinical supervision.Explain how meaning-making and curiosity can support difficult supervisory conversations.
3. Identify four stages within the Arc of Integration framework and describe how they may appear in supervisees' professional development.
4. Apply at least two strategies for fostering psychological safety when discussing challenging clinical material in supervision.

Presenter Bio:

As a depth psychologist, Dr. Dolan approaches clinical work through a central question that has guided her career: What does the soul want? Rather than viewing symptoms solely as problems to be eliminated, her work explores how suffering, adaptation, and psychological challenges may also serve as meaningful invitations toward growth, integration, and healing. This perspective has shaped her work with clients, supervisees, and mental health professionals throughout her career.

Dr. Dolan is the host of The Purple Couch podcast, where she teaches her original Arc of Integration framework, exploring the stages of psychological transformation through the lenses of depth psychology, attachment, and lived experience. Her teaching bridges theory with practical application, inviting clinicians to deepen their capacity for curiosity, reflective practice, and authentic therapeutic presence.