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1 hour lunch on your own.
FREE: 6 IDFPR CEU for LSW/LCSW, LPC/LCPC, and Psychologists
SUMMARY
This 6-hour intensive workshop supports Illinois-licensed counselors and supervisors in developing effective, ethical, and culturally responsive supervisory relationships. Aligned with the ACA Code of Ethics (2014), Sections F.1–F.10, CACREP 2024 supervision standards, and Illinois supervision expectations, the training focuses on supervisory alliance development, feedback delivery, rupture-repair strategies, and parallel process awareness. Participants engage in skills practice, role-plays, and structured observation to enhance relational safety, accountability, and supervisee growth across diverse clinical contexts.
OBJECTIVES
Participants will be able to:
- Describe key components of the supervisory alliance.
- Demonstrate effective feedback and rupture-repair strategies.
- Apply multicultural and power-aware approaches to supervision.
PRESENTERS
Sonya Lorelle, PhD, LCPC, RPT-S, NCC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor, registered play therapist-supervisor, and counseling professor with a deep passion for human development, healing, and creative expression. She earned her PhD in Counselor Education from Old Dominion University and her MS in Counseling from Missouri State University. With over 25 years of experience in clinical and academic settings, Sonya specializes in grief and loss, play therapy, clinical supervision, and integrating neuroscience into the counseling process. She is the co-developer of the Transcending Model of Loss, a developmental, lifelong approach to understanding grief in all its forms, including invisible losses like identity shifts, divorce, and estrangement. She is also the co-founder of Blooming Life Institute, LLC.
Katherine (“Katie”) Atkins, PhD, LCPC, NCC, ACS is a licensed professional counselor in Illinois and Wisconsin, a National Certified Counselor, an Approved Clinical Supervisor, and holds a Professional Educator License in School Counseling. Katie holds a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision and has extensive experience in clinical practice, supervision, and counselor education. She has authored or co-authored a textbook for counselors, numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, delivered over 65 professional presentations, and is the recipient of multiple teaching awards. She is also the co-founder of Blooming Life Institute, LLC.
