Clinical Supervision for Those Who Work With Couples and Families

Course overview

Supervising individuals who work with couples presents unique issues that may or not arise when supervising individuals who work exclusively with individuals. The seminar will attempt to identify and review many of the common problems and challenges of clinical supervision working with that client group. Legal and risk-management issues will be identified and reviewed, along with potential solutions. The roles and responsibilities of the supervisor and supervisee will be examined and techniques to identify goals and objectives of supervision defined. Specific problem situations that may occur in supervision of therapists working with couples such as the definition of the client, confidentiality, therapeutic neutrality, iatrogenic risks, changes in format, live supervision, subpoenas, testifying, and recordkeeping will be discussed.