Philosophy of Clinical Supervision

"From this history of clinical supervision, our belief is that a large source of failure in clinical supervision stems from the lack of clarity about the supervisor's philosophy of clinical supervision."

So write Francis A Martin and William "Cris" Cannon in their article "The necessity of a philosophy of clinical supervision".  Both are practising counsellors and are involved also in counselor education.

The article has many suggestions on how to refine one's own philosophy regarding supervision both as a supervisor and supervisee.

The paper is part of a project sponsored by the American Counselling Association. This is a link to a PDF file.

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Models of supervision

Models of supervision can be grouped under headings such as

Psychotherapy based
Developmental
Integrative

This (pdf) article by Kendra L Smith Phd lists models under these headings. She points out that good counsellors don't necessarily make good supervisors without further training. She also notes that the "master-apprentice" approach to supervision can run into challenges because skills are not as easily transferable as the phrase suggests.

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