College of Alberta Psychologists
Supervision Services
Congratulations for reaching this stage where you are ready for CAP supervision. Supervision is a true gift—for yourself and your clients. Receiving supervision can be an incredible, rewarding experience since its focus is elevating your skill level—triple it! It is designed to invite you to reach and exceed your potential carefully.
DPS offers a very ethical, relational developmental, structured supervision process to ensure the focus remains on you. We help you identify what you are doing well to help your clients, offer ideas to help clients even more (e.g., case conceptualization skills), and ensure you are walking the talk so you protect your passion and wellness.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Please read below the DPS current CAP Supervisors and the protocol for being a supervisee.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Admin team: admin@dawn-mcbride.com
DPS CAP Supervisors
Alyson Worrall
Registered Psychologist (counselling), CCC, & CAP Approved Supervisor (clinical, teaching, & research). Trauma informed; EMDR, SE & IFS Informed. Supervises those working with age 15 and older (via groups or 1:1). Former high school teacher; Currently teaching counsellor education courses.
*Yes, Alyson has space for additional supervisees.
Dawn McBride
Owner, Reg. Psychologist (clinical)
CAP Approved Supervisor (all competencies)
National Ethics Expert
*Supervision caseload is FULL.
Supervision
Services (CAP)
#1: For Clinical/Counselling & Informal Assessment Competencies
Offered by one of our ethically trained CAP-approved supervisors—online and F2F.
We offer both primary and secondary supervision (Alberta only).
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We offer supervision sessions in clinical and counselling services (including informal assessment). Fees are offered on a sliding scale, as outlined below. It is our intention to offer a supportive, learning space to debrief, receive resources, and gain clinical feedback to guide you in helping clients achieve their goals.​ Our supervision sessions are structured and goal-oriented, designed around your specific agenda. During these meetings, we encourage you to use phrases like "I don't know" or "Tell me more."
Before starting supervision with us, we highly recommend completing Parts 1 and 2 of our ethics training to familiarize yourself with our philosophy and expectations for relational consent and theme-based charting practices.
#2: For Teaching Competencies
Would you like to enhance your teaching competencies at the post-secondary level?
DPS supervisors have extensive teaching experience. Supervision fees may be waived and are on a sliding scale. We offer active guidance and a rich array of resources to help you excel in designing, evaluating, and delivering engaging psychology and counsellor education lessons. Through our expertise, you will help refine your skills in offering dynamic learning experiences to inspire your students.
#3: For Research Competencies
DPS supervisors have extensive research competencies.
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Dawn McBride (owner of DPS) is an active professor of counselling with an extensive CV showcasing her numerous research activities. Alyson Worrall also has a history of research activities. We provide active guidance to help you refine your skills in crafting impactful research questions, designing effective methodologies, and conducting thorough analyses. Additionally, we will support you throughout the writing process, ensuring your findings are communicated clearly and effectively. Supervision fees are on a sliding scale. SPECIAL NOTE: Committed to fostering research excellence, Dawn may waive her supervision fee for this service. Details will be discussed during the discovery call for supervision. She is dedicated to empowering professionals to elevate their research capabilities and make meaningful contributions to the fields of psychology and counselling.
Fees For #1 Supervision Services
Fee Option 1
If you work ONLY in non-profit and are not being funded in any way to pay for you CAP supervision fees, you are invited to select what you pay based on what you can afford and believe is fair to pay your supervisor's time and expertise - on a sliding scale rate: $75/hr. to $275/hr.
Fee Option 3
If you are seeing clients in a private practice (part-time, booking 9 or fewer clients a week, on average) regardless of where else you work or the agency for your supervision fee, you are invited to select what is fair to pay your supervisor for their time and expertise - on a sliding scale rate:
$145/hr. to $275/hr.
Fee Option 2
If you work in a non-profit and are being funded in some way to pay for your CAP supervision fees, you and your agency are invited to pay your supervisor for their time and expertise based on the agency's budget to pay for your supervision - on a sliding scale rate: $130/hr. to $275/hr.
Fee Option 4
If you are in private practice booking 10 or more clients a week (on average within a month) regardless of where else you work or the agency is paying your supervision fee, then you are invited to select what to pay for your supervisors time and expertise - on a sliding scale rate: $165/hr. to $275/hr.
Further discounts may be applied: If you pay for supervision in a lump sum then a discount will be extended. The discount will depend on the type of Supervision you receive.
Notes:
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There is usually a travel fee (plus parking) for each visit to your counselling office if you are within Lethbridge. The fee varies outside of Lethbridge, and it will be discussed.
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DPS is required to charge GST for all supervision services.
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The agreed-upon hourly rate will apply for attending meetings, viewing records, and completing documents as part of the supervisee/supervision process.
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Supervision can be offered in person, via videoconferencing, or by phone (provided the client has approved the medium we are using). Alberta only.
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The supervisors must agree upon the supervision hourly rate and will be offered/accepted/changed at the supervisor's discretion.
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The supervisor's rate will shift if the criteria change for two working weeks in a row, and the new rate will remain for a minimum of two.
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Fees will be invoiced/receipts issues, as well this administrative data may be shared with relevant staff/professionals as needed.
Would you like a free discovery phone call with one of our available CAP-approved supervisors?
FYI --IT IS IMPORTANT YOU KNOW there is no guarantee of privacy of your contact information or this message due to:
(a) inherent privacy flaws when using any technology, such as email/text (e.g., security breaches);
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(b) your contact information may need to be released to relevant individuals/professionals if you disclose to a DPS staff member that there is a risk of potential harm to self or others (including animals), as we may need to alert others/arrange for outside help to attend to those who may be in distress or who we believe could be at risk for harm;
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(c) you are not a client/customer of DPS yet, since we have not had the opportunity to put a formal agreement in place with you where we confirm everyone's understanding of what is being consented to, including your privacy limits;
(d) any correspondence to/from DPS staff may be kept (e.g., filed electronically via WIX) and if stored, likely for at least 11 years;
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(e) you have not not been briefed on the Alberta laws regarding how long client files are kept when sexual violence, work injury, or disability has been recorded in the file - so at this point, we advise you NOT to share any information related to the above (e.g., abuse /assault) until you have been informed of your privacy rights via DPS consent form/service contract.
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​We recognize these privacy warnings may not be relevant to why you are contacting DPS :)
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WANT TO LEARN MORE about the limits to privacy? Great idea - please see the information under "counselling tab". We believe it is vital you know your rights before you disclosure personal information to anyone in the helping field.
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Truly, we welcome your contact - thank you for reaching out.