Becky Morales, LCSW-S - Clinical Supervision
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In my career as a social worker, I have had over fifteen years of experience in a variety of different settings including:
Experience working in both inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings providing services to individuals and families living with chronic illnesses, including cancer
Experience working in school-based settings providing services to students both individually and in group formats
Experience working in non-profit settings of different sizes providing case management and counseling services
Experience in providing direct services in both English and Spanish
Experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families
From the beginning of my professional training as a social worker, I was aware of the importance and value of clinical supervision. As I grew further along in my training, I gained a deeper appreciation of and passion for clinical supervision. The supervisory relationship is one in which so much learning can be done – learning about how to be more effective in working with clients and learning more about ourselves in order to enhance our development as professionals.
Supervision is the evolving experience of growing clinical skills and enhancing professional use of self. I believe clinical social work supervision should afford you the opportunity to build strong clinical skills and gain comfort with various theoretical frameworks and treatment modalities, while also assisting in your ongoing development as a social work professional.
I am a Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners Board-Approved Supervisor. Above all, I place value on relationships and building solid relationships with my supervisees is of upmost importance to me. Just as with clients, I believe the relationship is central to everything and without that relationship, no effective work can be done together. I provide supervision from a relational-cultural framework that also draws from cognitive-behavioral theory.
FAQ'S & General Information
Click HERE for the Rules and Regulations related to the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
What is clinical social work?
The practice of clinical social work is restricted to either a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, or a Licensed Master Social Worker under clinical supervision in employment or under a clinical supervision plan.
Clinical social work is defined in the rules at 22 TAC §781.102(12) and includes “using specialized clinical knowledge and advanced skills to assess, diagnose, and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, conditions, and addictions… Treatment methods may include but are not limited to, providing individual, marital, couple, family, and group psychotherapy.” Clinical social workers are qualified and authorized to use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, and other diagnostic classification systems in the assessment, diagnosis and other practice activities.
May I seek LCSW supervision outside my place of employment?
Yes.
If the board-approved supervisor is not employed by or under contract with the agency to provide supervision towards licensure, the Supervisee is required to obtain and submit a Clinical Supervision Plan along with a letter from the agency executive or her/his designee on agency letterhead which authorizes the Supervisee to engage in supervision with the outside Supervisor.
How long do I have to be in supervision?
The board requires a minimum of 100 hours of supervision with a board-approved supervisor that occurs throughout the course of a minimum of 3,000 supervised clinical hours. The supervisee must engage in supervision and clinical hours within a timeframe of a minimum of 24 months and in no more than 48 months.
How often do I have to meet with my supervisor?
In accordance with Texas State Board requirements supervisees with an approved plan for full-time work must participate in no fewer than four (4) hours of supervision each calendar month AND no fewer than two (2) supervisory sessions each calendar month.
Supervision hours can be completed over a combination of individual and group sessions.
I am available to supervisees for consultation and if a crisis arises throughout the duration of our time together. Click here for the boards rules & regulations regarding the clinical supervision process.