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AAMFT-Approved Supervisors
Unlike many other programs, there are currently two AAMFT-Approved Supervisors on staff equipped to provide the necessary supervision for those specifically seeking licensure in the discipline of marriage and family therapy. Typically, such candidates are contracted as individuals to receive supervision and would need not be participating in the internship or residency at Samaritan Counseling Center.
 The Professional Development Program at Samaritan is offering a new series:
The Professional Development Program is offering a series of consultation groups in an effort to provide a systems framework for gaining a clearer understanding of how to integrate and apply theories such as Object Relations and Family Systems Theory. The groups will enable clinicians to better help their clients focus on relationships with the individuals, families and the larger systems surrounding them.
These groups offer participants:
-Forums for discussing the application of multiple theories
-An opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of themselves in relationship to their clients
-Small group contexts in which to learn not only from their own experiences but also from other professional’s parallels and difference
-Structure to allow each participant the opportunity to engage in a dialogue with both the group leader and to share reflections with specific application of theoretical concepts
Mental health professionals interested in furthering their clinical skill through the use of a supervisory study group will have an opportunity to participate in a facilitated process of case presentation and the application of theory. This will include suggestions for readings providing for in-depth exploration of how the particular theoretical concepts are applicable to varying client systems. There will be specific emphasis on the integration of systemic theories including but not limited to object relations, structural family therapy, strategic therapy and Bowen family system theory as a means of helping professionals to think systemically in their work environments with both clients and colleagues
Begins Monday, September 20, 2010 and will meet monthly
6 pm - 8 pm
Cost $35 per session
Samaritan Counseling Center of the Capital Region
220 North Ballston Ave.
Scotia, NY 12302
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This group will allow for the exploration of major theoretical bases of clinical supervision as it pertains to the mental health field. There will be specific focus on the skills, theory and most effective means of providing clinical supervision to mental health professionals entering the field. Attendees will have an opportunity to explore fully their processes with supervisees including a developmental understanding of the supervisory process along with an opportunity to formulate a clear philosophical basis for providing supervision in their setting. There will be special attention given to the importance of contracting to adjust for developmental shifts: over time; supervisory case reviewsfocused onprocessing presenting issues in current supervisory relationships with theoretical applications and the ethical and legal issues specific to supervision.
Begins Monday, September 27, 2010 and will meet monthly
6 pm - 8 pm
Cost $35 per session
Samaritan Counseling Center of the Capital Region
220 North Ballston Ave.
Scotia, NY 12302
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It is imperative that we attend to the issues we face specifically as mental health professionals that only others in these fields can understand. This is a setting that will allow for group members to process personal and professional challenges and to be challenged to address those in a warm, empathic environment. We will attend to issues pertaining to the use of self and emphasis on the use of self as a tool in treatment. This is meant to facilitate personal growth for the clinician both personally and professionally.
Begins Monday, October 4, 2010 and will meet monthly
6 pm - 8 pm
Cost $35 per session
Samaritan Counseling Center of the Capital Region
220 North Ballston Ave.
Scotia, NY 12302
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* * * All times will be negotiable depending on group consensus * * *
If you have interest in attending, PLEASE ATTEND THE FIRST SESSION as we will review what times work best for participants at that time.
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Jenness Clairmont, LCSW, LMFT
Jenness Clairmont received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology State University of New York at Albany shortly thereafter obtaining her Masters degree in Social Work from SUNY Albany’s Rockefeller College. During that time she worked as an elementary school social worker in Troy, NY and at the Samaritan Counseling Center of the Capital Region, Inc. She also expanded her interests in both women’s health and domestic violence through her work at the Equinox Domestic Violence Shelter and Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood.
Following completion of a post-graduate residency in psychotherapy she became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as well as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She has areas of expertise in working with individuals struggling with anxiety and mood disorders, in addition to her work with couples and families.
Jenness is the Director of Training for the Samaritan Counseling Center of the Capital Region and also provides educational services in the form of clinical supervision, workshops for mental health professionals, academic programs and other community agencies. She is the PR Coordinator for Samaritan Counseling Center of the Capital Region, as well as the Albany County Site Director.
She is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. Jenness has served as the Legislative Committee Chair and is currently the President of the Albany/Hudson Chapter of New York Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She is an active member of the National Association of Social Workers.
For more information contact Jenness Clairmont via email
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