Working Together in Clinical Supervision: A Guide for Supervisors and Supervisees - Softcover

Johnson, Edward A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945612487 ISBN 13: 9781945612480

Publisher: Momentum Press, 2017

Synopsis

A first of its kind, How to Use and Conduct Clinical Supervision: A supervisor-supervisee approach is intended to be used by both clinical supervisors and supervisees jointly to provide a shared approach to planning, conducting, and using supervision. This approach acknowledges that best-practice supervision is a co-construction of supervisor and supervisee and hence needs to consider the competencies and contributions each need to bring to it to be successful. Through its presentation of a clear, integrative model, practical guidance, and application exercises designed to foster progress in meeting the goals of supervision, readers will find the text to be an indispensable roadmap to conducting supervision practically and effectively. Part of the Adult Clinical Psychology collection, the text covers the whole process of clinical supervision from beginning to end considering both the supervisor and supervisees perspective. It is designed for use by supervisory dyads where the supervisor has clinical and legal responsibility for the clients and the supervisee is a trainee, and thus, where the evaluation and gatekeeping functions of supervision are relevant. The premise of the book is that the supervisory working alliance -- namely, the shared bond, tasks, and goals of supervisor and supervisee proceeds best when feelings of mutual respect, trust and safety are explicitly recognized as key aspects that affect whether supervision succeeds or fails. The book guides supervisor and supervisee on how they each can work together to accomplish the goals of supervision safely and effectively. Informed by recent statements of supervisory best practices (ACES, 2011 Borders et al., 2014), ethics (CPA, 2009), guidelines (APA, 2015; ASPPB, 2015), competency-based approaches (Falender & Shafranske, 2007; Kaslow, Falender, & Grus, 2012), and evidence-based approaches (e.g., Milne, 2009; Milne & Reiser, 2012) the text distils and integrates these into a synthetic whole. Specifically, the practical implications of these recommendations are clarified by identifying the necessary tasks, optimal focus, and helpful attitudes within supervision at the beginning, middle, and termination phases of supervision. Application exercises guide supervisors and supervisees through how to create clear and practical foundational documents (e.g., the supervision contract, the professional disclosure statement), how to engage in key supervision processes (e.g., setting learning goals; selecting and reporting relevant clinical episodes; giving feedback; conducting an evaluation; and documenting supervision) and how to conclude supervision. Consideration is also given to models of how supervisors and supervisees develop competence, what problems commonly arise in supervision, and how the present, alliance-focused, approach can either prevent them outright or help manage those that do arise.

About this title

About the Author:

Ph.D., C.Psych. Department of Psychology University of Manitoba

About this edition

• Publisher: Momentum Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1945612487
• ISBN 13: 9781945612480
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156