Clinical Supervision Ethics: All the Parts We Play

Cinde Stewart Freeman is the Chief Clinical Officer at Cumberland Heights in Nashville, TN. Cinde has been in the behavioral healthcare field for over 35 years, serving in direct care, clinical management, quality management, and leadership roles. She is a bachelor’s prepared Registered Nurse and a master’s prepared Level II Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor. Cinde has also held the Qualified Clinical Supervisor credential for many years and enjoys stoking the passions of people who are coming into the field. She has trained at the national, state, and local level, holding a particular interest in the relationship between somatic and spiritual healing, as well as how the lived wisdom of the Twelve Steps informs and brings color to clinical education and experience.

Kristy Roll, LCSW, serves as a Director at Cumberland Heights working with Family, Spiritual Care and Experiential Services. Cumberland Heights is an addiction treatment center that has been in operation for over 55 years. Kristy has been a counselor for 20 years working in addiction treatment, community mental health and she also spent several years working with military families. Kristy received her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Ball State University and received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern Indiana. Kristy has worked with children, adolescents and adults in mental health and addiction and is EMDR trained. Kristy joined the Cumberland Heights team in 2012. She has served as an adolescent counselor in the Youth Program, the Young Men’s Program family counselor and as a Director at Cumberland Heights for 8 years. Kristy also served as an adjunct faculty at Belmont University teaching an addictions course.

Randal Lea, MA, LADAC, QCS is a licensed addictions counselor with over thirty-five years of clinical and administrative experience. Lea received master’s degrees in counseling from Trevecca Nazarene University and in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Mr. Lea has been a frequent presenter on such topics as Assessment, Sexual Behavior in Children, Ethics, and Trauma. He is a certified Mentor of Dream Tending and a Qualified Clinical Supervisor in addictions counseling.

Previous to his current role as Chief Community Recovery Officer at Cumberland Heights Foundation where he oversees outpatient and community counseling, Mr. Lea served eight years as Assistant Commissioner with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. In 2008, he was recognized by the Praed Foundation as a national “Systems Champion” for implementing a statewide children’s assessment for DCS. He also received the “Friend of Children Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2010 from Tennessee Voices for Children and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tennessee Association of Addiction Professionals in 2021. He currently serves as Board President of the Tennessee Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services.