Creative Supervision for Clinicians

Dates:
📆 Friday April 10, 2026 | Registration deadline: April 7th 
📆 Thursday December 3, 2026 | Registration deadline: November 30th

Time: 9:00am–1:00pm Pacific Time
Location: Online
Available CEs: 4
Facilitator: Sofiya Kostareva, MA, LMHC, REAT
Cost: $145.00

This training explores how expressive arts therapy approaches can enhance clinical supervision to support supervisee development. It will include opportunities to participate in four creative supervision prompts (one each: writing, movement, visual art and music therapy) and practice facilitating at least one of them. Participants will also receive facilitation handouts for each of the four prompts as well as a list of guiding questions to support integration of creative practices in their supervision practice.

Learning objectives

1. Participants will learn how creative supervision methods enhance reflective capacity and clinical development.
2. Participants will experience four expressive arts supervision prompts, and practiced facilitating at least one of them
3. Participants will learn about the role of supervisor in providing developmentally appropriate supervision.
4. Participants will learn about ethical implications of engaging expressive arts practices in supervision.

Required Materials

• Paper
• Markers, colored pencils
• Note-taking tools

Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute Cancellation & Refund Policy

Earning Continuing Education Credits

To receive a CE Certificate for completion of this workshop, you must officially register, attend the workshop in its entirety and complete an evaluation form after the workshop. The evaluation form is emailed to you by the following Friday of the workshop. After completing & submitting the evaluation form, a CE Certificate will be emailed to you within 5-7 business days.

Who is eligible to receive CEs?

• Nationally: Approved NBCC Provider for Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Social Workers (you are responsible for confirming that your organization/state will accept NBCC credits.)
• New York Licensed Creative Arts Therapists (LCATs)
• Washington State School Counselor/Teacher (OSPI) Approved by the Washington State Office of Public Instruction as a “Washington State approved clock hour offering workshop.”
• If you are outside of Washington State, we advise that you check with your state licensing board to confirm that they accept NBCC Approved CEs. 

Northwest Creative and Expressive Arts Institute is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0123.

Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7104. Programs that do no qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Northwest Creative & Expressive Arts Institute (NWCEAI) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.