Do you remember your first experience in supervision and the many emotions that followed? Where are you now? Who are you now? As psychotherapists work in the field, they continue to grow and take shape with life experience. Clinical supervision provides a special space to reflect on your constantly changing self, while supporting you to provide quality care to clients – if done effectively!
Historically, clinical work in the psychotherapy profession has been approached from the position of neutrality or that of being “a blank slate”. Recently, there has been a shift and focus on the whole person providing this important clinical offering. As a result, there needs to be awareness of the person of the therapist in client work – values, beliefs, and identities. By developing a mindful and values-based perspective in clinical supervision, you can support both your own ongoing reflective practice, as well as that in your supervisee, while improving the quality of client care being offered.