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Supervision MP3 plus Transcript

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SUPERVISION (MP3)

OVERALL DESCRIPTION

Clinical supervision, while appearing on the surface to be similar to psychotherapy, is a different relationship, a different set of skills, with unique qualities and characteristics that set it apart. In this program on supervision, you will hear about five different aspects of supervision, some quite different from each other, and some overlapping.

Professionals often advance to supervisory roles with little or no formal training in ways to conceptualize the supervisory process and to transmit knowledge. Now it is no longer enough for clinicians to say, "I am an experienced and competent therapist, counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist, so therefore I can be a competent supervisor." Just as the making of a psychotherapist is a complex process, involving education, a craving for understanding, self esteem, and imagination, so too the making of a supervisor, capable of moving from an understanding of psychotherapy to transmitting that understanding to others is a complex process.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Become aware of a systemic approach to supervision.

2. Become aware of the classical model of supervision.

3. Learn about relational supervision.

4. Develop a more full view of the supervisory's role.

5. Gain an appreciation of online supervision.

CURRICULUM SUMMARY

Interview #1 and 2

1. Russell Haber, Ph.D. "Dimensions of Supervision"

Russell Haber, Ph.D., discusses the dimensions of supervision from a systemic point of view: how the intellect, skills, emotions, and intuition all play a crucial roll in supervisor, supervisee, client system.

2. Jerrold Brandell, Ph.D. "Focal Conflict Analysis"

Jerrold Brandell, Ph.D. presents "Focal Process Analysis," an example of the "classical" model of supervision, a method of helping beginning therapists learn to listen carefully to the clinical process of their patients.

Interview #3

3. Drs. Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea and Joan Sarnat "The Supervisory Relationship"

Drs. Mary Gail Frawley-O'Dea, and Joan Sarnat, co-authors of The Supervisory Relationship: A Contemporary Psychodynamic Approach, present "relational supervision," a contemporary model of supervision based upon mutuality between supervisor and supervisee. Just as psychodynamic therapists have begun to view the relational processes taking place between patient and therapist as a central source of transformation, so too working within the vicissitudes of the supervisory relationship can allow the supervisee to gain a deeper understanding of the treatment method being taught. This makes the process of supervision more parallel to the therapeutic work.

Interview #4 and 5

4. Dr. Wendy Haskell "Deepening the Supervisory Experience"

Dr. Wendy Haskell continues and elaborates on the Relational Model of Supervision, discussing the "positioning" of the supervisor, what impacts the supervisor's decisions about what gets focused on in supervision, and how the fundamental reality of the diversity of supervisors and supervisees --- culture, character, and gender --- all impact and deepen the learning process.

5. Dr. Carlton Munson "Supervisory Ethics"

Dr. Carlton Munson, author of Clinical Social Work Supervision, Third Edition, discusses the ways in which supervision presents the supervisor with a complex balancing act, between the rights and welfare of the clients, the ethical codes of the various disciplines, the policies and procedures of the organization or agency, and of course, the learning of the supervisee. Ultimately the supervisor is, as Dr. Haber wrote in his book, the "gatekeeper of the profession," responsible for cultivating effective professionals.

Interview #6

6. Dr. Allen Siegel "Online Supervision"

Dr. Allen Siegel's began email supervision with a Psychiatrist in Germany who wished to learn about self-psychology. In the first part of this interview, he describes how they developed a method by which she submitted process recordings of her therapy sessions through email and Dr. Siegel responded to her with didactic and clinical supervision. We interviewed him again for a follow-up on how his work has been going. In addition to his work with the German psychiatrist, he describes his work with a group of psychiatrists in Turkey. This program also includes samples of the email correspondence between him and his German supervisee, containing very detailed case process recordings from the supervisee and Dr. Siegel's remarks on those interviews.