Advanced Supervision Training & Ethically Using Creativity
Join Us May 7th!!
Clinical supervision for practitioners and play therapists is an important aspect of counselor education. Much of traditional supervision is conducted from a logical standpoint; however, some supervisees may be better served when supervisors integrate both logic and creativity.
Creative supervision interventions are suggested to be supportive of mental health supervisees’ professional development.
Current research suggests that engaging in art tasks in supervision is a positive experience for participants, and one that increases supervisees’ self-understanding and teaches a new skill in counseling clients.
This workshop offers a variety of creative activities to be integrated into supervision that can blend well with traditional supervision models. Supervisors have a number of roles and responsibilities, including assuring the welfare of the client; making sure that ethical, legal, and professional standards are being upheld; overseeing the clinical and professional development of the supervisee; and evaluating the supervisee.
Objectives for the Course
1. To assist supervisors to become more comfortable with the use of art in counseling and play therapy.
2. To develop in supervisors an understanding of the use of art in counseling in school, private practice, play therapy and community settings.
3. To assist supervisors in becoming aware of the types of presenting problems that may be positively impacted by art therapy and play therapy.
4. To develop in supervisors some basic tools for using art in counseling; supervisors will learn and practice utilizing art therapy techniques and skills for use with individual clients and groups in private practice and play therapy.
5. To assist supervisors in their understanding of the ethical, multicultural, and professional training issues associated with the use of art in counseling and play therapy settings.
Treasure Wellness Counseling and Training Center is partnering with Adventure Play Therapy Center at Northwest Nazarene University for this co-sponsored event.
We are more than pleased to host a training with the ONLY Approved Center of Play Therapy Education by the Association for Play Therapy - APT Provider #12-332 in the state of Idaho.
Special recognition to Adventure Play Therapy Center Clinical Director, and Counselor Education Department Chair, Lori Fairgrieve, PhD, LCPC, LMFT, RPT-S for helping us generate the curriculum, course content, and guidance to make this an incredible course.
About Us
Treasure Wellness Counseling and Training Center Clinical Supervision Team
Heather, Robert, and Alyssa are three members of the TWCTC Supervision team that will be facilitating this training. TWCTC has been the premier training center in the Treasure Valley for its focus on private practice since 2011. TWCTC hosts 10-12 graduate student interns annually as well as provide supervision for LPCs and LAMFTs on their path to terminal licensure.
These three bring 25 years of combined experience working as Clinical Supervisors in a variety of settings.
Presenter Biographies
Heather Tustison, LCPC, LLC
Heather Tustison, LCPC, LLC
Heather Tustison, LCPC, LLC
Heather Tustison is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She has been a professional counselor for 15 years and in private practice for the last 12 years. Her degree is a Masters of Marriage and Family Counseling from Northwest Nazarene University. She is the Clinical Director at her practice, Treasure Wellness Counseling and Tra
Heather Tustison is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She has been a professional counselor for 15 years and in private practice for the last 12 years. Her degree is a Masters of Marriage and Family Counseling from Northwest Nazarene University. She is the Clinical Director at her practice, Treasure Wellness Counseling and Training Center, supervising graduate student interns from online and area universities as well as professionals seeking clinical licensure. Heather has been an approved clinical supervisor for 12 years. Heather specializes in marriage and family counseling. Her passion is to improve satisfaction in all relationships – with self, with another, and socially. She has further honed proficiency in communication skills, play therapy, art therapy, creative approaches in counseling, conflict management, ethics, and identification of primary needs. She has experience working with individuals, couples, families and groups. She serves as an adjunct at Northwest Nazarene University.
While counseling is her main passion, leadership and service to her profession is another. She trains regularly on Leadership Development skills and mentors fellow counseling organizations on a national level. Heather has served Idaho Counselors proudly over the last 14 years with the Idaho Counseling Association, served two years as the Idaho Counseling Association President, served as ACA Western Region Chair, served on the ACA Branch Development Committee, served on the IAMFC Branch Committee, and is Past-President of the Idaho Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling.
Robert McIntyre, LCPC
Heather Tustison, LCPC, LLC
Heather Tustison, LCPC, LLC
Robert McIntyre is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. He has been a professional counselor for 7 years and has worked in the mental health field for the past 10 years. His degree is in marriage and family counseling with a curriculum emphasis in grief, trauma, and crisis from Northwest Nazarene University. Robert considers hims
Robert McIntyre is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. He has been a professional counselor for 7 years and has worked in the mental health field for the past 10 years. His degree is in marriage and family counseling with a curriculum emphasis in grief, trauma, and crisis from Northwest Nazarene University. Robert considers himself a generalist in counseling and serves many different populations. His approach and background tend toward an existential systems perspective which lends itself to working with couples, parents, and families focusing on individual perspectives and responsibilities within their given system(s). He is a Clinical Supervisor at his practice, Treasure Wellness Counseling and Training Center, supervising graduate student interns from online and area universities as well as professionals seeking clinical licensure. Robert has been an approved clinical supervisor for 4 years.
Alyssa Peters, LPC
Heather Tustison, LCPC, LLC
Alyssa Peters, LPC
Alyssa Peters is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Idaho. She has been a counselor for 4 years in her own private practice. She specializes in marriage and family counseling. Her interests include working with couples who have experienced grief and loss as well as couples who suffer with infertility. Her work includes th
Alyssa Peters is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Idaho. She has been a counselor for 4 years in her own private practice. She specializes in marriage and family counseling. Her interests include working with couples who have experienced grief and loss as well as couples who suffer with infertility. Her work includes that with individuals, couples, families, and groups. She enjoys helping families work on healthy communication and identifying needs within the family unit. Working alongside her clients, she hopes to enable understanding of responsibility and control each individual has over them and what they bring to the systemic structure as a whole. She is a Clinical Supervisor at her practice, Treasure Wellness Counseling and Training Center, supervising graduate student interns from online and area universities as well as professionals seeking clinical licensure. Alyssa has been an approved clinical supervisor for 2 years.