Category: Field of Supervision – Mental Health
-
Sarah Fishel, Kellie Wiltsie & David DeMatteo, “Certainly Uncertain: Facilitating Law Student Professional Growth and Well-Being through Supervision in Light of COVID-19”
—
by
This article sets out a series of strategies that can be implemented in clinical supervision, focusing on well-being as part of professional development. Supervision models frequently contend that students should be active participants in their legal education. Generally speaking, supervision models advance methods that empower students to learn that effective action comes from thought and…
-
Gerald Corey et al, Clinical Supervision in the Helping Professions
This chapter, entitled “Becoming a Multiculturally Competent Supervisor”, explores the importance of ensuring that supervisors incorporate diversity perspectives into their supervision through a multicultural supervisory practice. This chapter goes on to provide practical suggestions for incorporating multicultural strategies into supervision. Culture, as applicable to supervision, has been described as such: “By defining culture broadly, to…
-
Brigid Proctor, Group Supervision: A guide to Creative Practice
This book explores group supervision, a method of supervision that enhances supervisee skills including, courage and self-discipline, by way of the supervision alliance model (Inskipp and Proctor, 1995, 2001). Brigid Proctor characterises the supervisor as: “the person responsible for facilitating the counsellor, in role of supervisee, to use supervision well, in the interests of the…
-
Liz Omand, “What makes for good supervision and whose responsibility is it anyway?”
Liz Omand suggests that within the counseling and psychotherapy, the supervisory relationship is complicated and may lead to experiences of anxiety, frustration, conflict and misunderstanding while also fostering excitement and satisfaction. Thus, to be a good supervisor, there are several qualities that supervisors must espouse. Supervisors must be prepared to learn by way of elaboration…
-
Liz Beddoe, “Harmful Supervision: A Commentary”
This article explores harmful clinical supervision in mental health professions. Harmful supervision is, by definition, inadequate supervision. Minimally adequate supervision may consist of the following elements: the supervisor provides a minimum of one hour of face-to-face individual supervision per week, has the appropriate knowledge and skills for clinical supervision, promotes and is invested in supervisee…
-
Carol A Falender & Edward P Shafranske, Clinical Supervision: A Competency-Based Approach
This book examines supervised practice in the education and training of psychologists through the use of science-informed theory and practice. Clinical supervision in this context serves two essential functions: to ensure the integrity of clinical services provided to the client and to develop competence in the supervisee. This book defines supervision as: “Supervision is a…