Effective Supervisory Relationships - Best Evidence And Practice

Effective Supervisory Relationships: Best Evidence and Practice is the first book to explore in detail the Supervisory Relationship, which research has consistently found to be the most critical component of any supervisory process. Helen Beinart and Sue Clohessy – two experts in the field – draw on world-wide studies that cover all major therapeutic approaches to the Supervisory Relationship, and include detailed coverage of cultural competence and issues of effective multicultural supervision. The result is a comprehensive resource that offers cutting-edge, internationally relevant information in order to inform study, training, continuing professional development and practice.

Helen Beinart was Director (Clinical and Professional) of the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training, Oxford University, UK until October 2013. She now works freelance in the field of clinical supervision. Clinically, she has worked with children, young people and their families in health and primary care settings. She trained in Cape Town and London, and has worked in the NHS for over 35 years as a clinician, service manager, consultant, supervisor, and trainer. Over the past 20 years, she has been involved in clinical psychology training, supervisor training and research into the supervisory relationship. Prior to this she was Head of Child and Adolescent Health Clinical Psychology Services in Aylesbury and Kingston. Dr Beinart has chaired the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology’s Faculty for Children and Young People, and was involved in providing psychological evidence to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Children’s Mental Health. She has also held roles within the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology and the broader profession. She is the author of several chapters and papers on clinical supervision, and is lead editor of Clinical Psychology in Practice (BPS Blackwell, 2009).

Sue Clohessy is Clinical Tutor, Course Director of the PGCert in Supervision of Applied Psychological Practice, and lead for Supervisor Training at the Institute of Clinical Psychology Training, Oxford University, UK. She has worked clinically in adult mental health and psychological trauma, and is currently Consultant Clinical Psychologist for a Medic Support service with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. She is a BABCP accredited practitioner and supervisor. In addition to her clinical work, she is also involved in teaching and supervising others on a range of adult mental health problems and cognitive therapy. She completed a post-qualification doctorate in the area of supervision in 2009, and has developed an Introduction to Clinical Supervision course for supervisors based on national learning outcomes which is BPS Learning Centre approved. She is currently working with others in the training community on the development of national learning outcomes for advanced supervisor training.