Clinical Supervision and Consultation

Aim

On completion of the course, the student should be able to: - demonstrate skills in clinical supervision and consultation - demonstrate advanced theoretical knowledge of clinical supervision and consultation in different situations - account for, critically review and use current research in the area.

Content

The course covers how knowledge of consultation and supervision theory, psychotherapy and supervision studies are applied and shaped, in practice, in supervision and consultation. On completion of the course, the student should have basic competence and skills as a supervisor and consultant in different activities Particular focus is on: - practical application of theories and models of supervision and consultation - the supervisory relationship between supervisor and supervised with background in both theory and empirical research, and with specific attention to questions concerning the group and the organisation as supervision contexts - the own importance of the supervisor and the consultant for the process and its outcome and the consequences of different styles of supervision and consultation for the supervised and consulted. - knowledge about both general and specific schools of thought on clinical supervision and consultation and their consequences for the practical implementation of supervision, - the importance of knowledge from psychotherapy and supervision studies as well as evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment in the supervision situation.