CLINICAL SUPERVISION

Whether we are Social Work Students on placement or experienced Clinician's, we will always benefit from collaborative supervision in order to: 

• enhance our clinical skills and practice (e.g., formulation skills)
• keep us up-to-date with best evidence-based practice
• identify blind spots in our skills, countertransference reactions and individual tendencies (e.g., avoiding raising difficult issues; going over time)
• helping practitioners manage ethical issues (e.g., maintaining appropriate boundaries)
• enhancing our reflective practice to better understand the client-therapist dynamic

Regular ongoing supervision throughout our careers not only enhances our work as professionals but helps us provide a better service to our clients, and mitigates poor practice, compassion fatigue and burnout. 

Best practice clinical supervision provides us with clarity and direction as well as professional connection in the increasing context of silo practice for many practitioners operating as a sole clinician.