Considerations with Supervision in Cross-Cultural Settings

Supervisors are responsible for several key factors in supervisees’ development and professional skills. Despite consultation and cultural competence being a standard for practitioners, supervisors are limited in how to provide adequate coaching and mentorship for supervisees from minoritized communities, thus exacerbating the power dynamics between supervisor and supervisee relationship. Learning

Objectives:

• Relate the impact of intersectional identities and its trauma on minoritized supervisees during the supervisory process.
• Utilize the Systems approach to supervision, increase awareness on effective methods when supervising practitioners of color.
• Practice applying ethics to understand countertransference and power dynamics in supervisory relationships.
• Facilitate brave spaces to explore supervisory experiences to reduce biases and microaggressions

Continuing education credits available: Nursing Home Administrator and Social Worker

Presenter: Sheng Lee Yang CEO, Us 2 Behavioral Health Care

Presented: October 6, 2026