Carol Falender, Ph.D.

 Carol Falender, Ph.D. Carol Falender, Ph.D. is co-author of Supervision Essentials for the Practice of Competency-Based Supervision (in press); Clinical Supervision: A Competency-based Approach (APA, 2004); and Getting the Most Out of Clinical Supervision:  A Guide for Interns and Trainees (APA, 2012) with Edward Shafranske; co-editor of Casebook for Supervision:  A Competency-based Approach (APA, 2008) with Edward Shafranske, and Multiculturalism and Diversity in Clinical Supervision: A Competency-based Approach (2014) with Edward Shafranske and Celia Falicov. She was a member of the Supervision Guidelines Group of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) and Chair of the Supervision Guidelines Task Force of the Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) of APA. Dr. Falender has authored numerous articles on supervision and has conducted workshops across the United States, Canada, and internationally on the topics of clinical supervision, strength-based clinical supervision, ethics of supervision and competency-based supervision. She directed American Psychological Association (APA) approved internship programs at child and family guidance clinics for over twenty years. Dr. Falender is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), a past- President of Division 37, Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (APA). Past-Chair of California Psychological Association (CPA) Division II, Education and Training, Co-Chair of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association Ethics Committee, Chair of the CPA Continuing Education Committee, and past Co-Chair of the Supervision and Training Section of Division 17 of APA.  She is an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University, and Clinical Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychology.