Modes of Supervision

Title
Modes of Supervision
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Hunter, Sally
Bowers, Joseph Randolph
Editor
Editor(s): Nadine Pelling and John Barletta and Philip Armstrong
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Academic Press
Place of publication
Bowen Hills, Australia
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:3461
Abstract
In Australia and the United Kingdom, lifelong supervision has become a requirement for counsellors and psychotherapists and has been built in to the professional codes of conduct as a mandatory requirement (Neufeldt, 1999, cited in Feltham, 2000). The most commonly adopted mode of supervision in Australia is the individual mode, where a less-experienced therapist consults with a more experienced therapist about their caseload face-to-face. This form of supervision, often heavily based on case discussion, is normally conducted at least once a month and is seen as vital to the ethical practice and ongoing professional development of counsellors and psychotherapists. In this chapter we begin by describing our own personal experiences of supervision - both exceptional and ordinary. We then describe four different modes of supervision including individual, group, peer and self-supervision and the different techniques that can be used within each mode. We explore the strengths and weaknesses of each of these modes of supervision. We discuss ways of empowering supervisees to seek out the supervision that they need. In the process, we challenge the assumption that the individual mode of supervision is the most appropriate mode for counselling supervision in all cases.
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Citation
The Practice of Clinical Supervision, p. 184-200
ISBN
1921513314
9781921513312
Start page
184
End page
200

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