“You may want to re-evaluate how you are trained because a lot of our training has everything to do with what type of therapist we are now.” As a Clinical Supervisor, Doctor TK recognized that a lot of training sites for mental health professionals are giving the students the bare minimum. She began to set the bar high for supervision after being exposed from a rigorous to a horrendous training program provided during her practicum days. Tune in on today’s episode as Doctor TK outlines the ideal formatting for a practicum or internship site.
Podcast Goals: * Recognize the ideal training program to be facilitated by a supervising staff * Realize the importance of allocating hours for group supervision and didactic training
Episode Timeline: * Doctor TK ensures her content is catering to auditory learners and visual learners [00:34]
The relevance of today’s topic to Doctor TK’s profession as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Clinical Supervisor [01:46]
What pushed her to pursue a Doctoral level program? [02:53]
How the Doctoral program was set up: Components of a 4-year and 5-year track along with other expectations [03:24]
How the supervising staff on her first practicum sets the bar on what practicum should like [04:17]
2 hours of weekly supervisions, 1 week of individual supervision, 2 hours of mandatory didactic trainings, and other trainings received from the supervising staff [06:41]
Doctor TK took educational courses to become a supervisor to undergrad students [07:58]
When she’s brought on board, what bare minimum quality did she recognize in effect? [08:34]
Doctor TK’s volunteer experience on supervising for a position at the Hollywood Gay and Lesbian Center: What program did a doctoral level student receive from the supervising staff? [09:03]
She decided to incorporate the training program from her previous and current practicum sites within the 2-hour group supervision [10:20]
How looking at students’ documentations proved her point to allocate more hours on supervision and how the school reacted to her suggestion [10:41]
The students' experience with other supervisors helped Doctor TK find out that the training program is a bare minimum [12:39]
How subpoenas relate to checking the students' documentation and paperwork [13:21]
Students were bombarded with trainings without any followup [13:54]
Episode recap [14:52]
Take the Private Practice Quiz for Free! What’s in it for me? [16:23]
Standout Quotes: * “You may want to re-evaluate how you are trained because a lot of our training has everything to do with what type of therapist we are now.” [07:45]
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