Continuing Education May 29
You are invited to a
Nazareth University Workshop:
"Ethical Considerations in Creative Arts Therapy
Supervision"
Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
Time: 8:30am to 4:00pm
Where: Shults Center Forum, Nazareth University
Cost: $95.00
This workshop is free to all therapists who have acted as a Nazareth University Creative Arts Therapy or Music Therapy Clinical or Internship Supervisor within the previous academic year (2025-2026).
Campus Map: Shults Center
Registration: Register by May 25
Continuing Education:
6 CEU Contact Hours, NYS LCAT #0036, NYS MHC #0222, ATR-BC applicable
6 CMTE credits, CBMT#P-220, MT-BC applicable
Course Instructor:
Debbie Bates, PhD, LPMT, MT-BC, wears multiple hats: clinician, manager, researcher, and educator. She is the Medical Music and Art Therapy Manager for the Arts and Medicine Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. She received her Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from the University of Dayton and her Masters and PhD in Music Therapy from Temple University. With more than 25 years of clinical experience, her clinical music therapy experience includes work with patients and families on the Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit, adult hospice and palliative
medicine, premature infants, hospitalized children, pediatric palliative care, and adolescent and adult psychiatric patients. Debbie most frequently presents about music therapy ethics at regional, national, and international music therapy conferences and has authored publications on this topic. She is an adjunct educator in the Masters and Music Therapy Equivalency Distance Learning programs at St. Mary-of -the-Woods College (IN). She is also a proud member of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.
Course Description:
Pre-professional clinical supervision provides a unique opportunity for students to gain hands-on learning and insight from experienced clinicians. Supervision can be extremely rewarding but uniquely challenging due to a supervisor’s multiple and sometimes competing obligations to clients, employers, student therapists, universities, and the profession. Through didactic material and group discussions, this workshop will explore foundations of ethical thinking, decision-making models, compare and contrast codes of ethics, and contemporary ethical concerns, such as boundaries and dual relationships, “gatekeeping,” needs of neurodiverse student therapists, and the use of social media or artificial intelligence through the lens of supervision.
Objectives: At the end of this course, participants will…
- Articulate the difference between prescriptive and aspirational ethics and identify personal and professional values and their impact on professional boundaries and ethical decision making (CBMT V.A.2)
- Compare and contrast supervision-related items from creative arts therapy COEs (CBMT V.B.2, V.B.7)
- Articulate the primary ethical considerations on contemporary topics related to student supervision (CBMT V.B.2)
- Utilize ethical decision-making models and apply COEs to student supervision-related ethical dilemmas (CBMT V.B.2, V.B.11)
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Schedule:
8:30-9:00am: Registration9:00-10:00am: 60 min: Ethical Foundations and Values Reflection10 min: Break10:00-10:50am: 40 min: Compare and Contrast Codes of Ethics10 min: Break11:00-12:30pm: 90 min: Contemporary Concerns in Supervision12:30-1:30pm: Lunch1:30-2:40pm: 70 min: Ethical Dilemmas10 min: Break2:50-3:35pm: 45 min: Creative Processing3:35-4:00pm: 25 min: Questions and Wrap up
Cancellation and Refund Policy:
Written cancellation must be received via email by May 25th for the full refund of the workshop fee. Please send an email to Colleen Weldgen (cweldge7@naz.edu) if you need to cancel. Programs may be canceled by the Nazareth University Creative Arts Therapy Department based on low attendance. Full refunds will be issued.
Statements of Relationship:
Nazareth University is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Art Therapists #CAT-0036.
Nazareth University is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0222.
Ethical Considerations in Creative Arts Therapy Supervision is approved by the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) for 6 CMTE credits. Nazareth University P-220 maintains responsibility for program quality and adherence to CBMT policies and criteria.
