Clinical Supervision Success
Topic: What Does Great Clinical Supervision Look Like?
Description: One of the continuing gaps in supporting behavioral health clinicians is the notable scarcity of meaningful clinical supervision. This, despite the reality that the literature on the topic reports that good clinical supervision improves client outcomes, reduces clinician burnout, and helps to retain staff. This workshop is appropriate for clinical supervisors as well as clinicians and will attempt to answer the question posed by the topic of the session. We will discuss the practical application of clinical supervision that maximizes positive outcomes for all stakeholders.
Duration: 1hr and 15 minutes
Training Methods: PowerPoint, lecture, Q&A
Objectives: At the conclusion of this workshop, attendees will be able to:
- Identify six evidence-informed themes of effective clinical supervision as presented
- Describe at least three concrete supervisory behaviors that build psychological safety and support supervisee growth
- Apply techniques for balancing genuine support with healthy developmental challenges during supervision sessions
Speakers
With more than 30 years of providing direct service as a clinician, clinical supervisor and program executive director, Tom Baier currently provides consultation in the areas of substance abuse treatment, medication assisted treatment and psychiatric rehabilitation as well as providing training and education to direct service personnel. He serves as adjunct faculty for the Drexel University College of Nursing & Health Professions in the behavioral health tract. Mr. Baier is a three-term past president of the board of directors for the Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) where he also serves on the education committee and sits on the ethics and finance committees. Tom is the 1991 recipient of the Lorraine Hinkle Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to the field of drug and alcohol treatment awarded by Villanova University and holds a Master’s degree in Human Services (MHS), is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and holds PA State Certificates as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC), and a Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS).
In addition to having served as a substance abuse counselor, clinical supervisor and human services program administrator, Mr. Baier remains actively involved in several workforce development initiatives designed to promote careers in treating substance abusers. As a program surveyor for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Tom is involved in the promotion of substance abuse treatment best practice standards on the national level. His current focus is the implementation of evidence based practices in medication assisted treatment for opiate abuse and the implementation of meaningful clinical supervision.