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Social Work Supervision: Affirming Models with the LGBTQI Supervisee

Clinical supervision is the signature pedagogy throughout the clinical helping professions (Bernard &
Goodyear, 2014). Social work supervision in the helping professions involves the uniqueness of working to
help develop professional functioning in the novice therapist through distinct interventions that utilize teaching,
counseling, evaluation and consultative methods. By establishing the therapeutic self, a therapist has access
to a unique set of personal abilities to inform change with a diverse client base. However, it is essential for the
supervisor-supervisee relationship to remain active, open and honest to attend to the therapeutic self. The
underpinnings of clinical supervision training are essential to all clinical supervision processes but are
especially crucial to training clinicians who are part of unique populations. The topic of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) supervisees have been absent from primary sources of
literature about clinical supervision (Bernard & Goodyear, 2014; Burkard, Knox, Hess & Schultz, 2009), in
particular, personal reflections chronicling their experiences. The lived experiences of this unique population
are essential to explore within the realms of the helping professions literature. Much of the literature on the
LGBTQI supervisee experience in clinical supervision is theoretical and fails to include much literature
supporting personal narratives and reflections of their experiences with clinical supervision in the various
helping professions (Bernard & Goodyear, 2014; Burkard, Knox, Hess & Schultz, 2009; Filipic & Flores, 2014).
This poster session will review the experiences of a gay black male social work student framed in the sexual
orientation matrix in supervision and sexual minority status models to elucidate recommendations for practice
and education efforts for social work field supervisors and faculty instructors.

Proposal ID #:
40547
Password:
801230
Title:
Social Work Supervision: Affirming Models with the LGBTQI Supervisee
Preferred Presentation Format:
Interactive Poster
Submitter's E-mail Address:
wmiller@ric.edu
Learning Objective(s):

1. Identify three challenges of supervision for the LGBTQI supervisee.

2. Integrate concepts of diversity, culture, and gender into the context of supervision.
3. Identify three aspects of an affirming-based approach to supervision with the LGBTQI supervisee.

Overview:
Supervision is essential to training clinicians who are part of unique populations. Lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) supervisees have been absent from primary sources of
literature about supervision. This presentation provides guidance on applying affirming models and methods
with this supervisee group.
References:
Bernard, J. M., & Goodyear, R. K. (2014). Fundamentals of clinical supervision (5th ed.). Upper

Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

Burkard, A. W., Knox, S., Schultz, J., & Hess, S. A. (2009). Lesbian, gay, and bisexual

supervisees’ experiences of LGB-affirmative and non-affirmative supervision. Journal of

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Counseling Psychology, 56(1), 176–188.

Filipic-Cohen, J., & Flores, L. Y. (2014). Best practices in providing effective supervision to

students with value conflicts. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 1,

4, 302-309.

Leddick, G. R. (1994). Models of clinical supervision. ERIC Digest, 94, 8, 1-2.

Long, J., & Lindsey, E. (2004). The sexual orientation matrix for supervision: A tool for

training therapists to work with same-sex couples. Journal of Couple and Relationship

Therapy, 3(2/3), 123-135.

Martin, J.I., Messinger, L., Kull, R., Holmes, J., Bermudez, F., & Sommer, S. (2009). Council on

Social Work Education-Lambda Legal Study of LGBT Issues in Social Work. Alexandria,

VA: Council on Social Work Education. Retrieved from

http://www.cswe.org/File.aspx?id=25675

Messinger, L. (2007). Supervision of lesbian, gay, and bisexual social work students by

heterosexual field instructors: A qualitative dyad analytics. Clinical Supervisor, 26,1,

195-222.

Messinger, L. (2013). Reflections on LGBT students in social work field education. Field

Educator, 3, 1-16.

Mitchell, V. (2009). Developing the therapeutic self: Supervising therapists with lesbian, gay,

bisexual and transgender clients in the 21st century. Women & Therapy, 33, 7-21.

McGeorge, C., & Carlson, T. S. (2014). Developing gay affirmative practices in systemic

supervision. In Todd, T. C., & Storm, C. L. (2nd eds.), The complete systemic supervisor:

Context, philosophy, and pragmatics. (pp.1-7). Lincoln, NE: Allyn and Bacon

Russell, G. M., & Greenhouse, E. M. (1997). Homo-phobia in the supervisory relationship: An

invisible intruder. Psychoanalytic Review, 84(1), 27–42.

Presenter

Warren Miller
Assistant Professor
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Building 9, Rm 123
Providence , RI
Phone Number: 4014564623
E-mail Address: wmiller@ric.edu

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Warren L. Miller Jr is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Rhode Island School
of Social Work in Providence, RI. He is also licensed as a clinical social worker in Washington D.C., Maryland,
Rhode Island, and Virginia. Warren has presented at numerous national and regional conferences on topics
such as social work ethics, ethical teletherapy practice, HIV/AIDS and social work practice, HIV stigma on the
use of spirituality in social work practice, using technology in social work, and demystifying HIV stigma. He
maintains certifications as a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) and a Board-Certified Diplomate in Clinical
Social Work (BCD). Warren has over ten years of practice experience of psychiatric social work care, mental
and behavioral health, and HIV care. His current research is on investigating HIV stigma with intersections of
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race, gender, sexual minority, and health statuses of individuals aging with HIV.
Student: No

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