How to Effectively Supervise Professionals Treating Individuals Who Perpetrate Sexual Violence
Already purchased an On Demand training?
Click here to access your Safer Society On-Demand Training Center account.
This training introduces the Integrated Developmental Model, a relationship-based approach to supervising professionals who work with individuals who have been sexually violent. Participants explore strategies to enhance the professional development of new clinicians under their supervision while emphasizing the critical importance of self-care for practitioners operating in the high-stress field of sexual abuse prevention and the treatment of sexual violence perpetrators. The training also examines the impact of power and privilege within the supervisory context, guiding supervisors in identifying their own vulnerabilities and areas of concern.
Key topics covered include:
- The Integrated Developmental Model, a relationship-based approach to clinical supervision
- How the disposition of the supervisor influences supervision
- Implementing a relationship-based approach to clinical supervision
- Analysis of power and privilege dynamics in supervisory relationships
- Techniques for promoting therapist self-care and well-being
1) Describe their own vulnerabilities and agency in protecting against ethical boundary violations
2) Explain common pitfalls in supervising new therapists working with individuals with histories of sexual abuse
3) Apply specific steps to optimize the supervisory relationship for therapists working with individuals with histories of sexual abuse
4) Demonstrate ways to facilitate self-care, education, and skills development for new therapists working with individuals who have sexually abused
5) Identify signs of boundary concerns with supervisees
Audience
This training is for professionals working with people who have experienced complex trauma as well as people who have perpetrated abuse. Professionals who will benefit from this training include social workers, psychologists, clinical counselors, and interested paraprofessionals.
Content Level
Disclosure
Continuing Education Approval
American Psychological Association (APA)
Safer Society Foundation, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Safer Society Foundation, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Who's Presenting
Paul Hoard, PhD, LMHC
Dr. Hoard is a licensed mental health counselor with a PhD in counselor education and supervision from Regent University where he conducted his dissertation research on juveniles with sexual behavior problems. He is a member of ATSA and has received specialized training in working with adolescents with sexual behavior problems. Dr. Hoard is an approved clinical supervisor and has conducted research and provided mental health counseling as well as clinical supervision in the USA, Ukraine, and Turkey. He served on the State of Kansas Multi-Disciplinary Team, responsible for evaluating potential sexually violent predators. Currently, he is an assistant professor of counseling psychology at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology where he also provides counseling and clinical supervision. Dr. Hoard has presented at conferences internationally on the topics of maladaptive sexual behavior, clinical supervision, and mental health counseling.
Seth Wescott, LMLP, ATSA-F
Seth Wescott is a Licensed Master’s Level Psychologist and has been working with individuals with problematic sexual behaviors since 2002. He has worked in maximum security prisons for both adults and adolescents as well as various community-based settings. In private practice, Seth conducts pre-disposition and pre-adjudication psychosexual evaluations of adults and adolescents. He serves as Co-chair of the ATSA Public Policy Committee, and is a member of the ATSA Adult Clinical Practice Committee. He is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Rockhurst University, and an Adjunct Professor of Counseling at Mid-America Nazarene University.