Supervising Across Generations: Different Needs, Same Standards

The modern mental health landscape is experiencing a profound demographic shift, bringing baby boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z into the same clinical workspace. Clinical supervisors are increasingly tasked with guiding younger supervisees who navigate the profession, workplace expectations, and global events through vastly different cultural lenses. This dynamic can create friction regarding communication styles, professional boundaries, productivity metrics, and views on self-care or mental health advocacy within the workplace.

This 3-hour advanced training equips clinical supervisors with the framework needed to bridge generational divides without compromising clinical efficacy, ethical mandates, or organizational standards. Participants will explore the socio-historical factors shaping younger cohorts, examine their own implicit generational biases, and learn how to translate "entitlement" or "rigidity" into actionable professional development. Through interactive case studies, attendees will master communication strategies that honor diverse perspectives while firmly upholding the non-negotiable standards of excellent client care and legal/ethical compliance.

This training has been approved for 3-hours of supervision, ethics, and cultural competence CEU's by the Minnesota Boards of: Marriage and Family Therapy, Behavioral Health and Therapy (LPCC & LADC), Psychology and Social Work.

In addition to Minnesota the following boards in other states where the training has been approved are below:

• North Dakota Board of: Counselor Examiners, Social Work Examiners, Addiction Counselor Examiners, Psychologist Examiners
• South Dakata Board of: Addiction and Prevention Professionals, Examiners for Psychologists, Social Work Examiners, and Examiners for Counselors & Marriage and Family Therapists.
• Wisconsin: This training was designed to meet the requirements for the Department of Safey and Professional Services to include the Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board.
• Iowa: This training was designed to meet the requirements for the Department of Appeals, Inspections, and licensing, to include the Board of Behavioral Health Professionals (behavioral analysts, mental health counselors, marital and family therapists, psychologists, and social workers).
• Nebraska: This training was designed to meet the requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services to include the PLMHP, LMHP, and LIMHP licensures.

Meet your presenter:

Dr. Staci Born, EdD, LMFT (MN, SD), RPT-S™, is a clinical supervisor, former professor, and the founder of The Blue Couch, a multi-location mental health practice specializing in trauma-informed and family-centered care. Deeply committed to the philosophy that healthy clinicians create healthy communities, Dr. Born has built a professional culture rooted in staff wellness, reflective supervision, and intentional professional development. With years of experience bridging academic research and real-world practice management, she routinely designs workshops that help clinical leaders navigate modern workforce dynamics. Grounded in her experience leading a thriving, multi-generational practice, Dr. Born specializes in helping supervisors translate classroom concepts into actionable growth by balancing empathy for the individual practitioner with absolute, non-negotiable standards of client care.