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What is clinical supervision?
Clinical supervision is a collaborative, contractual agreement between a supervisee (counsellor, psychotherapist, social worker) and a supervisor (someone from the same field with more experience or expertise). Clinical supervisors develop competencies in areas of clinical supervision, through coursework, supervision of supervision and their own clinical supervision practice. The area of clinical supervision is a specific area of practice.
Clinical supervision is different from pure consultation. Consultation occurs when two (or more) colleagues discuss cases or receive information or support from one another. The consultee is usually reaching out to the consultant for more information. It is assumed that the consultant has more experience or an area of expertise in which the consultee wishes to gain knowledge in.
Clinical supervision can involve consultation. This means that a clinical supervisor can consult for their supervisee’s practice. But make no mistake clinical supervision is different than consultation.
There are some areas in which clinical supervision differs. The main difference is that clinical supervision is evaluative. There is a gatekeeping function that a clinical supervisor is called upon to participate.
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