Supervision Essentials for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

This guide outlines an evidence-based approach to supervising practitioners of cognitive-behavioral therapy. It emphasizes constructive feedback that promotes the professional development of supervises and the wellness of their clients, and the use of demonstrations to model experiential knowledge, like role-playing exercises and videos of the supervisor's work. It addresses cognitive-behavioral case conceptualization, cross-cultural and ethical competencies, optimizing the supervisory and therapeutic relationships, managing clinical crisis situations through supervision, and administering documentation and evaluation, as well as group supervision and supervision of supervision. It explains the essential dimensions and principles in cognitive-behavioral supervision, supervisory methods and techniques, what happens in a typical supervision meeting, special issues like skills deficits and multicultural factors, supervisor development and self-care, and research on supervision. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)