Essentials of Clinical Supervision
Learn the essential skills of clinical supervision
About this course
The âEssentials of Clinical Supervisionâ course is specially designed for âsupervisors-in-trainingâ (SITs), as well as existing clinical supervisors to further develop their theoretical knowledge and practice in clinical supervision/ consultation. Counselling students, psychologists, counsellors, systemic therapists and social workers involved in therapy work will also benefit from having a sound and solid foundation in this clinical supervision course. Prerequisite Learners should have:- A basic working understanding of written and spoken English.
- Completed a basic degree in Counselling/Social Work/Psychology or its equivalent from a recognised university.
What you will learn
- Examine the theory and practice of clinical supervision in counselling & systemic therapy/ practice.
- Assess the best practices, competency-based clinical supervision, and supervision pedagogy, as well as critique the different modalities in supervision.
- Appraise the supervisory relationship and experience of supervision.
- Discuss the integration of âPerson-of-the-Therapist/Supervisorâ (POTT/S) and evaluation in clinical supervision.
- Debate the ethical and professional issues in clinical supervision.
- Organize the learning to think like a supervisor and integrating spirituality in therapy/ clinical supervision.
Course Writer/Instructor
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Dr Charles Sim, PhD
Dr. Charles Sim, PhD, graduated from the Institute of Psychiatry, Kingu00e2u0080u0099s College, London, with a Master of Science in Family Therapy in 2002. He did his clinical training at the Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Kingu00e2u0080u0099s College Hospital, as well as the renowned Maudsley Psychiatric Hospital in London, England. He then went on to complete his doctorate in Couple and Family Therapy at the University of Minnesota (USA), including specialized training at the Minuchin Family Centre (NYC), Gottman Institute (Seattle), and Medical Family Therapy at the Medical Centre, Rochester University (USA). Charles received further supervisory training in u00e2u0080u009cIntegrative Systemic Therapyu00e2u0080u009d from Prof. Douglas Breunlin (Northwestern University, USA). He was the visiting consultant and clinical supervisor in systemic family therapy at the Psychological Medicine Department, National University Hospital, Singapore. As the former Head of the Master of Counselling programme at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), Charles developed the Master of Counselling, specializing in Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) and the Graduate Diploma in Systemic Therapy programmes. He revamped the u00e2u0080u009cClinical Supervision in Counselling and Systemic Therapyu00e2u0080u009d course, as well as taught and supervised graduate students in CFT and qualitative research methodology. Read more |
