Abstract
Providing clinical supervision is challenging. Responding to the provocative question, “Why competency-based clinical supervision?”
this paper provides the rationale of greater accountability in transforming supervision practice to a competency-based one.
This emphasizes a focus on strength-based competency assessment and continuous professional development. Competence, an essential
defining ethical component, is described. The progression of historical development of competency-based approaches in psychology,
the range of available competency-based applications, and the benefits of competency-based supervision practice are discussed.
this paper provides the rationale of greater accountability in transforming supervision practice to a competency-based one.
This emphasizes a focus on strength-based competency assessment and continuous professional development. Competence, an essential
defining ethical component, is described. The progression of historical development of competency-based approaches in psychology,
the range of available competency-based applications, and the benefits of competency-based supervision practice are discussed.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-9
- DOI 10.1007/s10879-011-9198-9
- Authors
- Carol A. Falender, Pepperdine University, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Edward P. Shafranske, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Journal Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
- Online ISSN 1573-3564
- Print ISSN 0022-0116