About Ricki Boden

Ricki Boden, LCSW (LCS 10670), LMFT (LMFT 9067), Board Certified Diplomate (BCD) has been in private practice in San Francisco since 1976 and was the Director of Women’s Mental Health Services at New Leaf (formerly Operation Concern) for 20 years. She has extensive experience supervising graduate interns, registered trainees and licensed clinicians in private practice and agency settings, using both individual and group formats. She lectures, writes and provides consultation on supervision, Self Psychology theories, relationship dynamics, psychotherapy for lesbians, and issues for people with physical disabilities/chronic illness including end of life. Ricki also taught Supervision courses for 15 years that were approved to meet the CAMFT Supervisor Certification program didactic and consultation requirements. She was formerly Adjunct Faculty of numerous Bay Area Graduate Programs.

Ricki Boden is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (#56659) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs and LPCCs. Courses may be used to meet California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) requirements. Courses may also be used to meet the CAMFT Supervisor Certification Renewal. Ricki Boden maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. She teaches Continuing Education courses using several formats:

6-hour CEU workshops for groups or agencies (Supervision Basics, Learning and Teaching Problems, Advanced Supervision: Deepening the Clinical Exchange)
A bi-weekly course, The Use of Countertransference in Relational Therapy in the Context of Community Dysregulation & Restabilization (27 CEU)
A biweekly course, Transference and Countertransference: A Relational Perspective (27 CEU)
6-hour CEU Online course, Clinical Supervision Basics: Obstacles to Learning and Teaching
6-hour CEU Online course, Law, Ethics and Supervision: The Use of Authority
6-hour CEU Online course, Self-Disclosures and Supervision: Ethical Considerations*
6-hour CEU Online course, 5 Ways to Expand the Clinical Dialogue in Therapy and Supervision**
6-hour CEU Online course, Culturally Relevant Supervision: Ethical Practice**

She also provides individual consultation for therapists, supervisors and program managers and accepts referrals for individual and couples therapy.

*Editing and Writing Consultant: Lynn Crawford, LCSW
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Courses meet the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs and LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

"Even after 15 years of supervising, I found this information useful and am already applying it to my current supervisory relationships."

P.C.

"Clearly written, practical, to the point. I need information that is practical and concise."

G.S.

"You're very knowledgeable and clear in your presentation. I just want to thank you for providing this course."

E.T.

"Your courses are so interesting, thought provoking and applicable."

S.F.

"Thank you Ricki, I'll be back for my next renewal!"

K.B.

"Clear, useful and prompt! Thanks for helping me move into supervising."

M.G.

"Your courses are informative, elegant, precise and to the point. Please continue to develop these courses."

E.N.

"I especially appreciated the vignettes and characterizations of supervisors being 'de-skilled'- very familiar."

M.S.

"Thanks very much for a useful and easy-to-follow course!"

L.B.

"It was very good. I learned much more than I expected…what a delightful surprise. Thank you."

C.M.

"I applied your suggestions as soon as I read them. I am starting out as a supervisor really appreciate this course."

M.H.

"Ricki Boden is an excellent trainer/teacher/clinician."

N.O.

"I enjoyed the course very much and saw myself and as well as my supervisees."

S.W.

"Thank you for responding to my email so quickly"

P.Z.

"I really like combining two relevant topics into one course."

D.D.

"The use of vignettes was particularly interesting and helpful."