Foundations of Supervision – Playfully

Workshop Overview/Description:

Supervision serves important functions such as fostering growth, enhancing professional skills, supporting clinicians, and protecting clients. We will briefly explore six key areas of focus in the practice of supervision. This training will offer information, self-expression and time to share. Play Therapy supervision is unique in that clinicians may have a different primary licensure and education from their supervisor. We will see how supervision can foster diversity and autonomy while offering support and continued advancement of excellence in Play Therapy. We will include play and self-reflection as this training models components of supervision and play therapy in our community of learning. We will compare related skills such as counseling and teaching, clarifying what supervision entails for Play Therapists. We will learn together through connection and play.

12:45pm CST: Virtual Doors Open

1-3pm CST: Welcome, Conference Presentation, Post Test, and Evaluations

This workshop meets APT’s definition of Live Webinar. You will have to have your camera on and be present to receive your certificate. An evaluation and quiz will be sent afterwards. There will be no recording available. You will receive a link to join the Zoom meeting after you register.

Presenters:
Dr. EMILY BETHEA-JOHNSON, PH.D., LCPC (KS), LPC (MO), NCC, RPT-S Practice Owner at Bethea-Johnson Counseling & Clinical Supervisor

Dr Bethea-Johnson has dual counseling licensure in both Kansas and Missouri with a heart towards providing warm, person-centered care to clients of all backgrounds and ages. She is also a proud Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor as well as a clinical supervisor in Missouri and Kansas, and loves getting to work with clients and supervisees alike. She has experience with issues such as counselor education and supervision, maternal mental health, anxiety and depression, complex trauma in childhood and adulthood, and career and parenting stressors. Over the last few years, Dr Bethea-Johnson has given a number of local and national presentations at mental health conferences across the nation, and is also a textbook chapter author (set to be published later this year).

Dr. Tricia K. Brown, Ph.D., LPC, LCPC, NCC, RPT-S

Dr. Tricia Brown is a seasoned play therapist, supervisor, and educator with a deep

passion for guiding clinicians in their professional growth. With extensive experience in

counseling, supervision, and teaching, she specializes in play therapy, developmental

transitions, parent coaching, couples counseling, and systems therapy. As a Registered

Play Therapist-Supervisor, Dr. Brown has dedicated her career to fostering meaningful

connections through play therapy, helping children and families heal.

She has designed and led workshops training supervisors in Missouri and Kansas,

emphasizing the importance of thoughtful, ethical, and developmentally attuned

supervision. She believes that healing and learning happen through relationship and

fun, bringing warmth and creativity into her work with clients and supervisees. Known

for her engaging and insightful approach, Dr. Brown values the wisdom of those who

attend her trainings, embracing the opportunity to learn alongside them.

Dr. Brown is passionate about creating spaces where both clients and clinicians feel

seen, supported, and empowered in their work.