Authenticity and Accountability in Supervision: A Shift Toward Racial Equity and Wellness
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Description
Supervision most often involves a relationship in which a junior member of the profession seeks guidance from a more senior member in the profession. Counseling supervision is unique because supervisors are attentive to supervisees’ personal and professional development and are attuned to parallel processes that often occur. Furthermore, counseling supervision often involves techniques that allow supervisees to practice their skills and receive feedback. Although power dynamics are always present within supervisory relationships, they are often overlooked and unaddressed. Furthermore, in cross-cultural supervision, power differentials are more glaring and can greatly impact the relationship, including outcomes. Finally, the profession is seeped in white supremacist practice, which shapes how supervisors and supervisees engage. This presentation highlights power dynamics in supervision and offers strategies to address them. Using the concepts of authenticity and accountability, steps of the supervision process are explored.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Dr. Ebony White is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor, and an Approved Clinical Supervisor. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Counseling and Family Therapy and the Interim Director of the Stephen and Sandra Sheller 11th Street Family Health Services. She provides mental health counseling and training through the Center for MARCUS in Trenton, NJ. In the Reframing Outcomes through Afrocentric Research (ROAR) lab, she focuses on advocacy and social justice within the African American community. Specifically, she is interested in the impact of individual and systemic trauma on the development and functioning of individuals and families within the African diaspora nationally and globally.
Dr. White has done trauma-focused mental health work in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti, and in her hometown of Trenton, NJ. Her opinion is often sought around mental health, trauma, and racism and has been featured in numerous outlets, including Newsweek, Medium, the Philadelphia Inquirer, PopSugar, and the New York Times, to name a few. In 2007, Dr. Ebony received the Woman of the Year award from the Mercer County Commission on women. She also received the Community Service Award from the NJ State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs and the Carver Youth and Family Center in 2018. In 2021 she was awarded the Dr. Judy Lewis Counselor for Social Justice award from the American Counseling Association. She was honored by the North Atlantic region of ACA for her service and advocacy for the profession in 2022. She is the President of Counselors for Social Justice and was recently appointed to ACA’s Anti-Racism Commission in 2021. Most importantly, she is a patient daughter, a bratty sister, a loyal friend, a bomb godmother, a favorite cousin, and THE favorite granddaughter. Additionally, she hosts the #EbtheCeleb