Upcoming Webinars
Mindfulness in Counseling Supervision: Benefits and Techniques
As a part of its Building Professional Excellence series, the NBCC Foundation invites you to a free webinar on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, from 1–2 pm EDT. Live webinars are available at no cost, and documentation of 1 clock hour of continuing education is available for registrants who attend the full webinar.
During the course of becoming a professional counselor, supervisees may experience heightened stress and burnout. Studies have demonstrated that implementing mindfulness-based interventions within supervision can enhance attention and focus as well as improve self-care routines.
In this session, we will explore how mindfulness can be integrated into counseling supervision. This webinar will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of mindfulness principles, practical techniques, and application in supervision. Additionally, common challenges will be addressed, and solutions will be provided for successful implementation. Lastly, this session will explore how mindfulness can be integrated into counseling supervision and how the CCE Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) credential aligns with effective supervision practices.
After this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Develop a deeper understanding of the role of mindfulness in counseling supervision and its benefits for both supervisees and supervisors, including its relevance to the CCE Approved ACS credential.
- Explore and apply mindfulness-based approaches to enhance supervisory relationships while understanding how these practices align with the competencies of the CCE Approved ACS credential.
- Practice and implement mindfulness-based techniques in supervision sessions to improve supervisee performance and support professional development in alignment with CCE Approved ACS standards.
Presenters
Dr. Dannette Berksteiner EdD, NCC, CCMHC, ACS, LPC, CTRTC
Dr. Dannette Berksteiner is a core counseling faculty member at University of Phoenix. She received a bachelor’s degree in workforce education training and development from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, a master’s degree in counseling from Webster University, and a doctorate in counselor education and supervision from Argosy University. Dr. Berksteiner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), Choice Theory Reality Therapy Certified (CTRTC), and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Qualified Teacher Level 1. Dr. Berksteiner was a recipient of the 2014 NBCCF Minority Fellowship Program (Doctoral). Prior to entering the counseling profession, she practiced as a Licensed Practical Nurse for over 10 years. Therefore, she implements a holistic and integrative approach to client treatment. Dr. Berksteiner has over 20 years of experience as a clinical mental health provider and has had the opportunity to work with a vast population of clients that include children, adolescents, families, couples, and individuals. In addition to Dr. Berksteiner’s experience in health care and academia, she is also a well-sought-after speaker and trainer.
Dr. Berksteiner has presented at conferences and provided training at the local, regional, national, and international levels. These workshops and trainings include topics on the unique needs of the military population, integrative approaches to wellness, and multicultural awareness. She believes in the power of the community to heal, uplift, and empower others. This is demonstrated through her altruistic commitment to civic engagement in her local community and profession. Dr. Berksteiner has served on several national advisory council committees that support members of the counseling profession. Through her volunteerism and advocacy efforts, she embodies the servant leadership model while collaborating with individuals, organizations, and institutions to improve the lives of others.
Counseling Koreans and Korean Americans: Navigating Cultural Dimensions and Complex Nuances Within the Therapeutic Process
Explore and apply mindfulness-based approaches to enhance supervisory relationships while understanding how these practices align with the competencies of the CCE Approved ACS credential.
This webinar will provide an overview of Korean History—particularly of the traumas and how those inform historical and modern-day cultural values and behaviors and common conflict themes that arise among Koreans and Korean Americans—especially during therapy. The webinar will include what it might be like to work with Korean Americans and how being an underserved immigrant population, and one that still hasn’t widely accepted mental health as a form of “betterment,” is a huge hindrance to this community's progress. The presenter will share therapeutic techniques and resources that have been culturally compatible and some that are more unnatural and challenging.
- explore the impact of Korean history and cultural trauma on the therapeutic process and the significance for effective counseling.
- examine the influence of Korean cultural values and behaviors on therapy.
- identify common conflicts and recurring themes that emerge in therapy with Korean Americans and understand their cultural context.i
- learn therapeutic techniques that are culturally compatible with Korean American clients and recognize those that may be less effective.
- discover resources that can help facilitate the therapeutic process and support culturally sensitive interventions with Korean American clients.
Presenters
Esther Jung, MA, NCC, LMHC
Esther Jung graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College, with majors in education and American studies, with a concentration on American education. She taught elementary school for 2 years. She was then awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach 750 middle school boys in rural Cheongju, South Korea, a city known for education. Among the 2005–2006 Fulbright recipients, she was one of hundreds selected to work under the Assistant Director General in the education arm at the UNESCO Headquarter in Paris, France. Before pursuing her mental health training, Jung completed a Master of International Affairs at Columbia University with a concentration in education policy. This led to her work in various education spaces and nonprofit organizations. As school shootings skyrocketed, one of them by a Korean American student, Jung began pursuing her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling to see how she might be able to bring mental health to children and the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities who felt “unseen.”
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