Clinical Supervisor Training
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Online via Zoom
Join the Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota Center for Rural Behavioral Health to develop clinical supervision skill!
Cost: $125
Earn 6 CEUs in Clinical Supervision!
This training has been approved for 6 CEU's by the Minnesota boards of Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Behavioral Health and Therapy, and Psychology as well as licensing boards in SD, ND, and WI. (Awaiting approval)
Morning Session
9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Beyond the Basics of Clinical Supervision: Experiential Interventions and Activities
Dr. Darcie Davis-Gage, PhD, LMHC
Unlock the full potential of your clinical supervision practice with this workshop. This immersive session goes beyond traditional supervisory techniques by introducing dynamic, hands-on approaches to enhance your supervisory relationships. You will explore innovative experiential interventions and engaging activities designed to deepen understanding, foster growth, and promote reflective practice. Whether you’re new to supervision or a seasoned professional, this workshop will equip you with practical tools to help supervisees thrive, offering a fresh perspective on clinical development. Join us to expand your skills, increase your confidence, and transform the way you approach supervision in your clinical setting.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify and integrate advanced experiential interventions that promote reflective practice and deepen the supervisory relationship.
- Explore and apply a variety of hands-on activities designed to address common challenges in clinical supervision, enhancing supervisee development and self-awareness.
- Enhance supervisory communication skills by learning to create a safe, supportive environment that encourages honest feedback and fosters growth.
- Develop strategies for adapting supervision techniques to meet the unique needs of diverse supervisees, improving their clinical competence and emotional resilience.
Afternoon Session
12:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Preparing and Supporting Beginning Counselors to Work with Suicidal Clients: A Wellness Approach
Dr. Tracie Rutherford Self, PhD, LPCC-S, LMHC, ART-basic trained
Approximately 83% of all beginning counselors will work with clients who are at risk for suicide. Yet, training for master's and doctoral level trainees remains uneven despite requirements from accrediting bodies to increase curriculum standards on suicide. Further, suicidal crisis is one of the most challenging areas for any clinician, but master’s and doctoral trainees remain the most vulnerable to this type of crisis as they tend to experience lower levels of suicide assessment self-efficacy. Moreover, clients from multicultural backgrounds often do not present with traditional symptoms of suicide risk or warning signs, making it increasingly important that beginning counselors receive appropriate instruction on working with diverse clients at risk of self-harm. This session will assist supervisors in understanding appropriate training modalities and methods for assisting beginning counselors as they conceptualize clients who present with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Additionally, this presentation will focus on how to implement strategies for trainees to better understand the suicidal population from all backgrounds, including marginalized and underserved populations. Further, the presenters will discuss supervisory tasks designed to assist beginning counselors on their own developmental and wellness needs to work with clients who present with suicidal ideation along with developing stress tolerance for working with high needs clients.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will be able to discuss suicide risk and protective factors, along with best practices, for working with multiple populations.
- Attendees will be able to describe supervision tasks for guiding beginning counselors in recognizing suicidal ideation and behaviors in clients.
- Attendees will be able to create wellness plans to implement with beginning counselors through activities designed to ameliorate stress from working with clients at high risk of crisis, especially suicide.
Meet Your Trainers:
Dr. Darcie Davis-Gage, PhD, LMHC
Dr. Darcie Davis-Gage is a licensed mental health counselor, counselor educator, and consultant with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health. Dr. Davis-Gage is the Director of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Center Rural Behavioral Health at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her other leadership roles have included work as the Chair of Graduate Faculty and Program Coordinator of Counseling at University of Northern Iowa, and leadership roles in community and campus advisory boards and non-profit organizations. Dr. Davis-Gage actively collaborates in numerous interdisciplinary research and grant endeavors and frequently publishes and presents nationally and internationally on compassion fatigue, rural health and wellness, and occupational trauma. Dr. Davis-Gage founded the Tenacity Institute for First Responders in response to the rising mental health needs of volunteer first responders in rural communities. The Institute is designed to provide services to first responders, firefighters, and frontline workers to prevent burnout and vicarious trauma and build resiliency through a variety of services. She also serves as the clinical consultant for Hero Haven, a non-profit agency providing support to rural volunteer firefighters and first responders. She remains clinically active and has completed numerous evidence-based treatment programs for treating trauma and post-traumatic stress.
Dr. Tracie Rutherford Self, PhD, LPCC-S, LMHC, ART-basic trained
Registration Questions: Email workforce@mnsu.edu or call 507-389-1094
Training Questions: Email elizabeth.harstad.3@mnsu.edu
Center for Workforce Professional Education
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