Deborah Corbitt, LPC Supervisor

Deborah Corbitt, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

I feel it is a tremendous honor and privilege to serve as a mental health professional working with clients on their journeys to reduce suffering and improve their quality of life.  With this great honor, I believe comes great responsibility. I am committed to providing my clients a nurturing and supportive environment where they have the highest potential of achieving their mental health goals through empirically supported interventions. As a supervisor, I am equally committed to furthering our field by encouraging and assisting others who strive to grow and increase their knowledge, competence, and professional identity as licensed professional counselors. As a supervisor, I strive for an encouraging and compassionate training experience that allows counselors to grow into knowledgeable, confident, and competent professionals. 

I have been fortunate to have received supervision and training in a wide range of empirically supported interventions with varied populations in a multitude of treatment settings. I have treated clinical problems that include depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, trauma, domestic violence, parenting, relationship issues, infidelity, grief and loss, divorce reaction, and severe mental health issues including psychotic disorders.  The counseling interventions in which I am trained are primarily cognitive-behavior therapy and third-wave CBT approaches including Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I have worked with varied populations including clients involved in the Family Court system, the Criminal Justice system, outpatient, and residential populations. My experience is diverse and therefore I believe can benefit new professionals with a broad range of treatment and training interests. 

Qualifications 

• Master of Arts (MA) Clinical Psychology, Southern Methodist University, 2010
• Licensed Professional Counselor, Colorado - #0015605
• Certified in Motivational Interviewing, 2008
• Certified in Prolonged Exposure Therapy, 2009
• Certified in Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy, 2009
• Certified in Cognitive Processing Therapy, 2010
• Certified in Project SUPPORT, 2009

Nature of Supervision

The purpose of clinical supervision is to monitor and ensure the welfare of clients, promote the development of supervisees' clinical and professional identity, evaluate the competence of supervisees and fulfill requirements for licensure. It is my belief that as a supervisor I must meet the developmental needs of the supervisee. I often alternate between roles based on the needs of the supervisee. In the beginning, I may take a more direct feedback approach, and as the supervisee gains more experience, my role may change into a more collaborative approach.

In my supervision, I require that students are directly observed by myself while providing counseling services to clients (known as "telesupervision"). This is to occur one time every three months on a date agreed upon between the supervisor and the supervisee. Tele-supervision is to occur a total of eight times during the span of the two-year supervision experience. The supervisee is required to obtain written permission from their client prior to the telesupervision taking place and have the signed document uploaded into the client's file.

During the course of completing 100 supervision hours there are two formats that can be implemented (upon availability):

1. Individual Clinical Supervision: A primary supervisory relationship where the clinical work of the supervisee is under the direct, ongoing, and careful supervision of the supervisor. This will take place either in person or virtually as agreed upon by the supervisor and supervisee.
2. Group Clinical Supervision: An adjunctive supervisory relationship where the clinical work of the supervisee is discussed in a group setting. The focus of group supervision is to provide additional support, direction, and feedback within the context of a group of professionals practicing similar types of clinical work. This will take place either in person or virtually as agreed upon by the supervisor and the supervisees.