A two-day, in-person intensive for licensed clinicians who want to supervise associates in Washington. It provides the 15 clock hours of clinical supervision training the state requires under chapter 246-809 WAC. Washington also asks for 25 hours of experience in supervision of clinical practice, which you complete on the job, and an unrestricted license in good standing for the previous two years.
The two days carry 15 NBCC hours: 6 hours of professional ethics and law, 2 hours of professional roles and boundaries in its own block, and 2 hours of health equity meeting the implicit bias standard. The remaining hours count as general continuing education.
Supervision is a relationship before it is a compliance activity, and this training is built that way. You will map the supervisory systems you sit inside and locate yourself in them, apply the Person-of-Supervisor framework through differentiation of self, attachment, and self-regulation, write supervisory contracts that hold, track the patterns that move between the therapy room and the supervision room, carry the legal and ethical duties chapter 246-809 WAC places on you, evaluate fairly and handle gatekeeping with care, and name and interrupt implicit bias, power, and social location without shame. No family systems background needed.
FACILITATORS
Dr. Jennifer Sampson, PhD, LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor and Washington State approved supervisor.
Margaret MacLeod, MS, LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor and Washington State approved supervisor.
OPEN TO
Licensed mental health counselors, licensed clinical and advanced social workers, and licensed marriage and family therapists. Associates and students are welcome to attend and learn, though the approved supervisor designation itself requires full licensure. This training provides the state's 15-hour training requirement. It does not meet the standards for the AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation, which runs through AAMFT's own pathway.
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday and Saturday, September 11 and 12, 2026, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM Pacific each day. Ebony & Ivory Coffee Co., 33930 Weyerhaeuser Way S, Suite 100, Federal Way, WA 98001. Lunch provided both days. Participants must attend both full days to receive CE credit. Partial credit is not available.
COST
$425 through August 14, then $495. Practices registering four or more pay $425 per person. A reduced equity rate is available and no documentation is required. Registration closes September 9. The venue is wheelchair accessible and reasonable accommodations are available on request with at least 10 days notice.
REGISTER
https://www.livelovewell.co/approved-supervisor-training
Lovewell Initiatives, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7776. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Lovewell Initiatives, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Lovewell Initiatives, LLC, PO Box 6841, Tacoma, WA 98417. (253) 470-8246. contact@livelovewell.co. www.livelovewell.co
