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CLINICAL SUPERVISION
Clinical supervision is a structured process that helps behavioral health professionals, such as therapists and counselors, improve their skills and provide better care for their clients. It involves meeting with a more experienced provider to discuss cases, treatment strategies, and other topics. It is designed to support professionals to reflect on their own practice in a safe, confidential and supportive environment.
A clinical supervisor for any behavioral health position will adhere to a role with four main functions. These are identified as the teacher, coach, mentor, and consultant (Aspirace, 2015).
They are defined more deeply as:
1. Teacher: the teacher function helps the learner to develop his/her knowledge and skills through the process of identifying tools that help promote learning, identifying the learner’s strengths and weaknesses, and helping the learner to become more self-aware.
2. Coach: the coach function helps the learner by building and promoting morale, modeling, cheerleading, promoting strengths, suggesting approaches, and helping the learner to avoid burnout.
3. Mentor: the mentor function facilitates the overall personal and professional development of the learner. Mentors promote the learner’s identity and really focus on the next generation of professionals as a whole.
4. Consultant: the consultation function allows learners to staff their client cases, monitor the performance of their client's progress, and assess the application of theory in the learners' work.
supervision can assist behavioral health professionals with ...
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Strengthening their diagnostic skills
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Learning by doing
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Getting feedback on real-world therapy dilemmas
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Adapting their style to the needs of diverse clients
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Ensure that clients receive quality care
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Continued professional development
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Boosting your confidence and skills
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Providing a safe environment for sharing opinions and reactions
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Exploring, identifying, and addressing your countertransference and how it may impact your client
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Identifying you style as a therapist
clinical supervision is a mandatory component of every licensed behavioral health professional's training.
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