Reflective Practice Center

Reflective practice as “a journey with no final destination”: a Q & A with Tanika Eaves

December 7, 2021

Learn about our latest self-study module, A Trail Guide for Your Journey: Receiving Reflective Supervision, in this Q & A with module author Tanika Eaves, PhD, LCSW, IMH-E. Eaves shares her thoughts on the process of developing the module. She also reflects on the continuities in her career, in which she has served the needs of young children and families first as a social worker and now as a faculty member and researcher.

New self-study module on receiving reflective supervision

November 22, 2021

Our latest self-study module–A Trail Guide for Your Journey: Receiving Reflective Supervision–will help practitioners and decision makers take full advantage of a reflective supervision program.

The reflective colleague: tips from reflective practice for returning to in-person work

September 7, 2021

Alyssa Meuwissen, PhD, and Deborah Ottman explore ways in which reflective practice can help professionals manage stress around returning to in-person work.

Reflecting on complexity: Q & A with module author Tracy Schreifels

July 6, 2021

Tracy Schreifels, MS, LMFT, IMH-E® (IV), shares insights from developing the self-study module The Plot Thickens: Reflective Supervision for Groups.

“This work is hard, and it should be”: Q & A with Mindy Kronenberg

June 8, 2021

Experiencing strong emotions while working with families can mean that infant mental health practitioners are making effective connections. Mindy Kronenberg, PhD, IMH-E®, explains how reflective practice can help professionals manage stress while remaining effective.

Our award-winning e-book

May 25, 2021

Our free, downloadable e-book won a Maroon award for design from the University of Minnesota Communicators Forum!

The RIOS in practice: Part two of our Q & A with Michelle Dineen

May 21, 2021

The Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS) was developed at CEED as a research tool, but reflective practitioners quickly found creative ways to use it in reflective sessions. Learn more in our Q & A with Michelle Dineen, MSW, LICSW, IMH-E®.

How does reflective supervision work? Therapist and reflective consultant Michelle Dineen explains in this Q & A

May 11, 2021

Learn about what happens in a reflective supervision session and how it can benefit practitioners in fields such as early childhood education, social work, and health care.

“People need a place for their struggles to be held by another”: Q & A with Angela Klinefelter

February 15, 2021

Module author Angela Klinefelter, MS, LMFT, IMH-E (III), discusses the concept of parallel process and why it’s applicable to all types of relationships.

Honoring the “unique cultural diamond” in each of us: Q & A with Barbara Stroud

January 20, 2021

Barbara Stroud, PhD, shares insights into how she developed self-study modules on Tackling the Elephants in the Room 1: Exploring Issues of Cultural Humility and Privilege and Tackling the Elephants in the Room 2: Unpacking Implicit Bias and Moving from Equity to Justice.