What is it about?
Most people still subscribe to the idea that clinical supervision skills are simply absorbed through the process of being supervised. However, that position does not take into account the fact that clinical supervision has been adopted as a distinct professional competence that requires education and training. This article addresses the many ways the absorption premise has limited practice, training, and research and describes competency-based clinical supervision, a meta-theoretical approach.
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Why is it important?
This article is important reading for educators, supervisors, administrators, and the myriad of mental health providers and leaders who determine practice and policy. It is essential to increase the salience and recognition of clinical supervision, and more particularly, competency-based clinical supervision.
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To ensure the integrity of the various mental health professions, and certainly psychology, the competency of clinical supervision must be addressed, trained, and valued.
Carol Falender
Pepperdine University
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This page is a summary of: Clinical supervision—the missing ingredient., American Psychologist, December 2018, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/amp0000385.
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