Supervision Through Trauma and Crisis

Every clinical supervisor eventually gets the call: a client has disclosed suicidal thoughts or died by suicide, a community has been hit by a disaster, a coworker has died, or a supervisee is quietly falling apart. In those moments, supervisees look to you for direction, and their clients depend on the quality of that direction. Yet most supervisors were never formally trained in how to supervise through trauma and crisis. They learned it on the job, often in the middle of the hardest weeks of their careers. This training gives you a structured way to think and act when trauma and crisis show up in supervision. We use the parallel process as our framework, looking at what supervisees need to do for their clients, what supervisors need to do for their supervisees, and what supervisors need to do for themselves. You'll learn how to prioritize safety and stabilization, guide supervisees through suicide and violence risk assessment and safety planning, and lead your team through critical incidents and community-wide trauma. You'll also learn about specific systems for clearly and accurately documenting self-directed violence. We close with the ethics of impairment and self-care, including how to recognize when a helper (supervisee or supervisor) needs to step back to protect themselves and their clients. This 3-hour live webinar is designed for LCSW-S supervisors and other clinical supervisors who want practical, ethically grounded tools they can use immediately. 3 Supervision CEs, meets 50% preferred provider rule under BHEC. Early Registration through June 11, 2027 at 5pm CT is $75. After that. registration is $100.

You'll Learn How To:

Apply trauma-informed principles to both client care and the supervisory relationship

Develop hands-on competency in suicide and violence risk assessment, safety planning, and the documentation systems (Self-Directed Violence Classification and Columbia) that protect both your clients and your practice.

Apply strategies for supervising through critical incidents and community-wide trauma, so you can guide your team with clarity and confidence when it matters most.

Recognize impairment in supervisees and yourself, ethically decide when stepping back is the right call, and managing that decision and conversation with care.

Meet Your Trainers

Brandi Felderhoff, PhD, LCSW-S, APHSW-C

Associate Professor | Clinical Supervisor Co-Founder | Social Work Learning Collective

Dr. Felderhoff has 17 years of experience as a licensed social worker, and has actively provided external clinical supervision to LMSW's for the last five years. She has practice experience in the areas of guardianship, veterans, in-patient and out-patient mental health, including rural mental health, and aging and end-of-life of issues. Dr. Felderhoff is passionate about and specializes in death, dying, and bereavement work with a particular focus on cultural humility and trauma-informed approaches, as well as developing competent masters and clinical level social workers. Dr. Felderhoff currently serves as the Region XI Representative to the NASW Board of Directors, is a past President of the NASW-Texas Board of Directors, is currently the President of the Board for the Denton Area Partnership for End-of-Life Care, and is the MSW Program Coordinator at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas.

Angela Lutts, LCSW-S

Private Practice Owner | Clinical Supervisor Co-Founder | Social Work Learning Collective

Angie Lutts, LCSW-S has over 21 years of experience as a licensed social worker, with practice experience in the areas of child welfare, school social work, inpatient and outpatient mental health care. She established an insurance-based independent clinical practice in 2017, specializing in trauma and relationships. She is a Certified EMDR Therapist and an EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Consultant. She enjoys providing supervision for those seeking clinical licensure and consultation for EMDR therapists and social workers starting and managing an independent practice. She served on the national taskforce charged with updating the NASW Standards for Clinical Social Work Practice and currently serves as the Vice President of the Board for NASW Texas.

Crisis Is No Longer the Exception

Social workers today are supporting clients through natural disasters, community violence, suicide loss, and ongoing instability, often while living through the same events themselves. Supervisees are entering the field with heavy caseloads and limited crisis training, and burnout and secondary traumatic stress are taking a real toll on the workforce. Supervisors sit at the center of all of it. When you know how to lead through trauma and crisis, you protect your supervisees, safeguard clients, and help keep good clinicians in the profession.

Be Ready Before the Next Crisis Call

Your supervisees will look to you when it matters most. Give yourself the framework, language, and tools to lead them through it. Early Registration in $75 through June 11, 2027 at 5pm. After that, registration is $100.

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