Trauma-Informed Clinical Supervision

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Short Description

This interactive workshop equips clinical supervisors with a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, justice-oriented lens for supporting supervisees who work with trauma-affected clients. Participants examine how direct trauma exposure, vicarious trauma, burnout, compassion fatigue, and organizational stress show up in supervision—and move beyond “trauma-informed” as a checklist by exploring what it requires structurally and relationally, including how supervision can either reproduce harm or interrupt it. Grounded in core principles (safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural humility), the session uses case discussion, practice exercises, and reflection to strengthen supervisee support, resilience, and ethical practice across identity and institutional context.

Learning Objectives

• Define trauma-informed supervision and explain its relevance to contemporary supervisory practice.
• Identify common signs of vicarious trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue in supervisees.
• Apply trauma-informed principles, including safety, trustworthiness, collaboration, empowerment, and
cultural humility, to supervision scenarios.
• Integrate strategies for supporting supervisee well-being and resilience within supervisory practice.
• Utilize culturally responsive approaches to address trauma and systemic oppression in supervision.

Each topic can be adapted to your audience, timeframe, and delivery format, with a minimum of 1 hour of instruction. The summary on this page is intentionally brief; detailed descriptions, learning objectives, and sample agendas are available upon request.