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Supervisors play a key role in the improved and intentional cultural responsiveness training of the current and future generation of clinicians. In this session, view expert Sonja Sutherland and explore ways to engage in meaningful assessments of supervisors’ and supervisees’ cultural responsiveness. In an honest and frank discussion, you’ll discover ways to facilitate conversations around race, discrimination, and overall cultural responsiveness development to help ensure better care for culturally diverse, marginalized, and traumatized populations.
Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships
All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
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| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Clinical Supervision (2.2 MB) | 51 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Clinical Supervision (101.8 KB) | 20 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Illinois Educators Self-Study Instructions (15.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Illinois Educators Evaluation Form (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Sonja Sutherland, PhD, LPC, trains clinicians and supervisors in the development of cross-cultural responsivity. Renowned in the field, she has provided individual, group, and family therapeutic services in many different settings for adolescents and adults for 20 years. Within the last 6 years, Dr. Sutherland has provided training, researched, and published in the areas of racial trauma, cultural competence development, the provision of culturally responsive clinical intervention and supervision, and social justice advocacy. Dr. Sutherland’s primary clinical practice centers on providing clinical supervision services to post-masters clinicians pursuing licensure.
Dr. Sutherland has served as a guest lecturer, trainer, and presenter for various organizations including Kaiser, ESPYR, Telehealth Certification Institute, the Georgia Psychological Association and many others. Dr. Sutherland is a core faculty member at Walden University as well as the founder and CEO of Legacy Changers Worldwide, an organization dedicated to providing family education and mental and emotional wellness resources. In addition, Dr. Sutherland provides continuing education workshops and supervision for various organizations, as well as being the Chief Diversity Consultant to the President for Richmont Graduate University. She is also a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Association for Multicultural Counseling & Development (AMCD), the Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES), and the Licensed Professional Counselor Association of Georgia (LPCA-GA).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Sonja Sutherland is the founder and CEO of Legacy Changers Training Institute for Mental Health Equity & Justice, LLC., Diversity Dialogues, and Legacy changers Worldwide, LLC. She has an employment relationship with Adams State University. Dr. Sutherland receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Sonja Sutherland is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Counseling Association of Georgia, the Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors, and the Association for Multicultural Development.
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