Refresher Options for RMFT Supervisors and RMFT Mentors and RMFT Supervisor Qualifying

In accordance with best practice in supervision, all supervisors (including Supervisor Qualifying and Supervisor Mentor) are required to demonstrate their currency in the practice of supervision by completing a Refresher process. The requirements are completed once every five years from the completion date of your Fundamentals of Supervision course. The Refresher can include readings and workshops on supervision issues such as supervisor competencies, developments in supervision, self-of-the-supervisor, and legal and ethical emerging issues.

• We hope the options for Supervisor Refresher will not only help to keep our supervisors current, but will also help to build a strong network of supervisors and supervisor-mentors so that they may provide active leadership within our organization and within the field of Relational and Family Therapy. 

  Your Supervisor Refresher consists of two (2) parts:

• 1)  Learning: Attend a five (5) hour Supervisor Refresher seminar/webinar acceptable to CACFT/ACTCF, which may be one of the following:
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• a) CACFT approved Refresher Courses.
• b) AAMFT approved Supervisor Refresher program
• c) Another program which is a minimum of 5 hours and directed specifically toward the practice of supervision in a Canadian context and which you feel would enhance the way you work. (MUST be pre-approved; see list below for examples)

• Current and emerging information on legal and ethical updates 
• Core Concepts and Best Practices in Tele-mental health and e-therapy 
• Current and emerging theories and studies in the area of MFT 
• Ways of creating and maintaining networks with colleagues 
• The self of the supervisor / therapist work 
• Managing multiple roles: supervisors who also serve as program managers, clinic directors etc. 
• Providing supervision from a specific theoretical perspective 
• Multicultural Issues in Supervision 
• Exploring and integrating indigenous concerns into the practice of supervision 
• Grief and loss as a Supervisor  

2) Reflection and Integration: Integrate and reflect learnings gained from the work above by completing (1) one of the following options:

1) Complete a Self-Assessment of Supervisory Competencies and learning plan. You can find the Self-Assessment here. 

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2) Revisit/update their Philosophy of Supervision paper, identifying what has changed for them, and what remains fundamental, and write a minimum one (1) page reflection/self-assessment, incorporating their learning from their current activities and integration into practice, thereby creating a ‘refreshed’ Philosophy of Supervision document, to be submitted as evidence of the completion of their Refresher process. 

***If you have not completed a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Reflection as part of your RMFT process, this will also be required at your upcoming refresher.

Truth and Reconciliation Reflection Requirement for All Supervisor Categories

Recognizing the gravity of Canada’s actions with First Nations/Indigenous cultures, families, and children, both past and present, RMFT-S/SM who are completing their Refresher and who have not already completed this requirement as part of their RMFT application process are expected to demonstrate an awareness of this history and current issues as well as the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Applicants are required to submit a 6-8 page, double spaced Reflection Paper, (i.e. personal rather than academic in focus) in which they outline and reflect on:

• The impact of the historical and current issues and findings of the TRC on their own history and beliefs;
• The impact of the same on their own professional identity;
• How the historical and current issues and findings of the TRC can be understood through a systemic lens;
• The impact of the same on their systemic practice and how it can be acknowledged and addressed in therapy.
• Applicants may want to reference the TRC findings, The Indian Act, current Indigenous authors and their works, and cultural experiences and teachings.

If you identify as Indigenous, we ask that you complete a reflection paper regarding how your own experience and learning informs your therapeutic and supervisory practice and professional identity, particularly with a systemic lens.

Please click here for some reflection questions you might consider as you reflect on these pieces: . Call to Action (English) / Call to Action (French)

Please click here for more resources which may assist you with your paper and your clinical practice.

All written material will be submitted to admin@cacft.ca and reviewed by the Registrar or designate.

If you are looking more other supervision information and/or forms please click here.