WMHCA: Clinical Supervision: Aspirations Angst

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1 Law & Ethics CE Recorded: Spring, 2024

From his experiences, Greg will talk about the rewards of being a supervisor as well as some of the challenges that can occur when supervising others. This will include an emphasis on maintaining professionalism when making hard decisions that may result in negative outcomes for the supervisee and prioritizing self care.

Objectives ● Familiarize participants with selected portions of “Section F Supervision, Training, and Teaching” of the ACA Code of Ethics (2014) ● Encourage participants to embrace their supervisory role when forced to make difficult decisions

Outline GREAT ASPIRATIONS “You’re the best” ROUTINE ACCOUNTABILITY “You’re the stickler” PROVIDING ASSISTANCE “You’re the correction” THE ANGST “You’re the hammer"

**What attendees of this workshop are saying: ** “Would appreciate a longer training on the same topic with the same presenter!” “Great, thank you” “Great job” “It felt very validating to hear another supervisor going thru what we are going thru, very helpful”

EPDC CE Hours: 1

Presenter: Gregory White, MS, LMHC, CCHP

Gregory White received his Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Seattle Pacific University in 1983. Early on, his professional experience included working in a residential treatment program for teens, private practice, and outreach crisis intervention for families. For 23 ½ years Mr. White worked as a mental health professional at the Snohomish County Jail in Everett, WA. During that time he assessed hundreds of people who made suicide statements, suicide gestures, and serious suicide attempts. Mr. White has had extensive experience working with families, clinicians, psychiatric providers, courts, and DMHPs when developing treatment plans and safety plans for at-risk detainees returning back to the community. Mr. White has provided subject matter expertise for the National Institute of Corrections (Technical Resource Provider & Crisis Intervention Team instructor), the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (Academy & CIT Instructor), OmniSure Consulting Group (Risk Management consultant, webinar presenter, SuicideReduction-Risk-Tip videos), Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. (editorial and accreditation assistance for counselor CEs), Winning Focus, Inc. (suicide prevention flyer & webinar presenter), the National Commission on Correctional Health Care conferences (break-out session presenter), and the law firm of Kirkpatrick & Startzel, P.S. (jail mental health consultant). Mr. White has lived in Washington for over 40 years and is married with 2 adult children. His faith and family come first and, when he has time, he also enjoys a variety of activities including camping, hiking, biking, coaching soccer, playing the piano, cooking, and traveling.