Clinical Supervision Summary

LPC Clinical Supervision

HR 5673-102

Bridggette Hambrick

Chapter Summaries

Clinical Supervision in the Helping Professions Summaries

Chapter 1

Intro to Supervision Supervision is to create a perspective in which the supervisee can obtain the experience needed to become a self-sufficient professional (pg.3, Corey). There are two areas of supervision one is clinical supervision and the other is administrative supervision. Clinical supervision is a formal arrangement with specific expectations, roles, responsibilities, and skills; whereas, administrative supervision oversees the employee. Over the last twenty years, supervision has changed. For many years, supervision was thought of as informal and without many guidelines. Today,

To name a few are individual, triadic, group supervision; in addition using more than one of these formats can be beneficial to a supervisee. There are different methods a supervisor can use with a supervisee for supervision. Direct observation and verbal exchange utilized collectively will help with lessening liability complications for the supervisor. Although, there are more methods that can be employed during the supervision progression, for example, co-therapy, video recording, interpersonal process recall, audio recording, technology assisted techniques, role play, and coaching are a few. When deciding which method to utilize depends on the situation of the supervisee. Supervisors chose which method to use form the knowledge they gain through courses, readings, workshop and

Supervisee can overreact in these times of crisis. At this time, they may not look at the situation but jump straight to conclusions. It is the supervisor’s job to help the supervisee make good assessments, and use problem solving strategies to address the clinical situation. Permitting the supervisee to process the issue on their own will help with long term progression. A supervisee needs to express how sympathy is not the best choice, it tends to become the “funeral home counseling” (pg. 200). This method of sympathy is not helpful and I can hamper intervention. All supervisors need to know crisis management which includes: pre-crisis prevention, crisis response, and post recovery. In supervision, a supervisor may encounter specific crisis situations which may include suicide and suicide attempts, personal threats