Annual RSC Learning Collaborative

The 2025 – 2026 Collaborative

An image of the flier for the 2025-2026 Reflective Supervision Learning Collaborative.

The North Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association (NCIMHA) recognizes that the infant and early childhood workforce thrives when given opportunities to reflect on their work. Reflective supervision/consultation (RSC) provides a vital space for professionals to process their experiences, deepen their skills, and reduce work-related stress that can lead to burnout. Growing evidence supports that RSC enhances professional capacity, encourages self-awareness, and promotes overall workforce well-being. To further support this important work, we invite you to explore our new infographic to learn more about the practice and benefits of RSC.

In response to the growing demand for qualified RSC providers, NCIMHA is proud to host the 2025–2026 Reflective Supervision Learning Collaborative. This initiative is designed to support North Carolina professionals in building their skills and capacity to offer reflective supervision or consultation within their organizations.

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Application Deadline: August 8, 2025
Notification of Selection: August 29, 2025

What does the Reflective Supervision Learning Collaborative include?

Training
Participants will attend six training sessions (22 hours total), focusing on key topics such as building new relationships, reflective frameworks, understanding power dynamics, self-awareness, navigating rupture and repair, transitions, and goodbyes.

Training Schedule

October 16-17, 2025 | Two full in-person training days at the Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC
April 16-17, 2026 | Two half-day virtual trainings (9:00 AM–12:00 PM via Zoom)
September 10-11, 2026 | Two half-day virtual trainings (9:00 AM–12:00 PM via Zoom)

Group Reflective Supervision / Consultation
In addition to training, participants will receive 24 hours of virtual group RSC over 12 months (2 hours per month). Meeting times will be coordinated between RSC consultants and group participants to ensure consistent scheduling.

Program Cost and Scholarships

The total cost for participation (including 46 hours of training and consultation) is $300. Scholarships are available for those whose employers are unable to cover the cost. You can indicate your request for scholarship support within the application.

This training and RSC is designed to meet the requirements of Infant or Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement (I/ECMH-E®), setting participants up for success in pursuing Endorsement in Fall 2026 and beyond!

Training Providers

Gabriel Guyton, MA, MS Ed., IMH-E®

Gabriel is a white, Southern-rooted early childhood mental health professional who holds a deep belief in the power of safe, steady relationships. She brings a warm, grounded presence to her work as a Child First Family Resource Partner at RHA Health Services, where she walks alongside families to strengthen connections, co-regulate through hard moments, and honor each child’s story and sense of self. Gabriel is the founder of ConnectEd Circles, an early childhood consulting practice that supports educators and communities in building emotionally responsive environments where children and adults feel seen, heard, and valued. Through training, coaching, and reflective supervision, she helps grown-ups slow down and listen to the feelings underneath behavior—making room for growth, repair, and joy. Gabriel’s background includes teaching in inclusive, mixed-age classrooms; serving as faculty in early intervention and infant mental health graduate programs; and leading Early Head Start and mixed-funding systems. She holds master’s degrees in general and special education from Bank Street College and in counseling psychology with a focus on marriage and family therapy from Humboldt College. Gabriel is Endorsed through NCIMHA as both an Infant Family Specialist and Reflective Supervisor. Across all of her roles, Gabriel nurtures spaces where people can bring their whole selves—where it’s safe to wonder, to feel, and to connect. Her work is guided by a simple and powerful belief: relationships—with children, with families, and with one another—are where healing and hope begin.

Susanne Walker Wilson, LCSW, ITFS, IMH-E®

Susanne partners with parents, caregivers, early educators, administrators and policy makers to center infant and young child mental health, to invite all adults toward reflective practice, and to invest in public health prevention by supporting the adults that care for young children. In addition to being a therapist, and a trainer, fidelity coach, and consultant for Circle of Security International, Susanne continues to facilitate Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) groups in Buncombe County where she lives. She is a senior trainer in the Reconnect for Resilience model and works through Circle Together to anchor and elevate attachment-informed parenting and early educator practices across North Carolina. Susanne was in the first Leadership Cohort to be Endorsed by NCIMHA. She offers reflective consultation to groups and individuals and RSC training through NCIMHA. Partnering with families and other early childhood professionals is Susanne’s joy; addressing unjust systemic inequities that too often burden families is her North Star.

What Our Current Participants Are Saying

About the training

“I love the material, it’s got a nice flow and builds on itself to support my learning.”

“Exploration and practice of content through activities has helped me gain a better understanding about the application of RSC in a really practical, approachable way.”

About group reflective consultation sessions

“They give us space to slow down, share and learn from one another, then reflect on our actions, which has been a major source for professional growth for me personally”

“It has been a safe space to share experiences and gain knowledge around the practical application of reflective supervision concepts and ideas in my work.”

“The opportunity to be engaged in the RSC group has been the most helpful part of this experience, because experiencing RSC enables me to understand it in myself. This is foundational to being able to provide RSC to others I support.”

Still have questions?

Join one of our live Q&A sessions via Zoom:

Friday, June 20, 2025 | 11:00 AM–12:00 PM (register here)
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | 12:00–1:00 PM (register here)

Or reach out directly to our Reflective Supervision Program Director at Jessica.TaylorPickford@NCIMHA.org — we’re happy to connect with you!