JOIN THE MOST VALUABLE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION!

The Suncoast Mental Health Counselors Association (SMHCA) represents mental health professionals in Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Sumter counties. Only $40 for an entire year and free for students!

A SMHCA membership entitles you to:

• Excellent monthly professional development trainings for $10 for 3 CEUs.  Students attend free!  Trainings are held on the 3rd Friday of each month, September through June (skipping December).
• Colleague Collaboration – Bring challenging cases you would like to discuss and get input and feedback from other colleagues.  The group meets before the monthly training and is facilitated by a knowledgeable and experienced therapist. Bring your lunch if you wish.
• Monthly networking opportunities at the training events. Come and meet fellow colleagues in a relaxed, no pressure environment.
• Updated information about issues related to the 491 Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family therapy, and Mental Health Counseling.  SMHCA works closely with the Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (FMHCA), especially in legislative areas.  FMHCA leads the efforts in legislative affairs and your SMHCA membership financially supports those efforts in Florida. 
• CE Broker services offered at a discounted rate for members.  SMHCA submits your CEUs earned at our meetings.
• Free attendance at the annual Spring Symposium for Students, Interns, and new professionals in the area.  A valuable resource for learning how to study and take the licensing exam, networking with old and new counselors, and establishing your practice.
• Listing in the SMHCA Clinical Directory – a directory of clinical services provided by our members and available on-line as a resource for therapists and clients looking for counselors.
• Listing in the Qualified Supervisors Directory

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Instructor: Stephen A. Guinta, LMHC, NCC CCMHC

TWO-DAY WORKSHOP - 12.0 CEUs

Saturday, August 10th from 9 - 5 pm

and Sunday, August 11th from 9 -1 pm 

This is an approved continuing education course for supervisory training in the State of Florida pursuant to Section 491.005, F.S., and 64B4 F.A.C.

The course provides 12 hours of in-person didactic and interactional instruction. 

Workshop Learning Objectives

As a result of attending this workshop, the attendees will:

1. Become familiar with the major models of supervision for clinical social work, marriage and family therapy or mental health counseling
2. Gain skills to develop a personal model of supervision, drawn from existing models of supervision and from preferred styles of therapy
3. Understand the co-evolving dynamics of therapist-client and supervisor-therapist-client relationships
4. Explore distinctive issues that arise in supervision
5. Address the contextual variables in practice such as culture, gender, ethnicity, power and economics
6. Become familiar with the ethical, legal and regulatory issues of supervision
7. Review the Florida laws and the board rules governing interns and supervision
8. Understand the role of evaluation in supervision.

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