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Developing supervisory competence: preliminary data on the impact of CBT supervision training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2013

Katherine Newman Taylor ,
Kenneth Gordon ,
Simon Grist  and
Charlotte Olding
Katherine Newman Taylor*
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Kenneth Gordon
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
Simon Grist
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
Charlotte Olding
Affiliation:
University of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK
*
*Author for correspondence: Dr K. Newman Taylor, Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. (email: knt@soton.ac.uk).
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Abstract

Clinical supervision is key to the delivery and governance of effective psychological work. We place increasing emphasis on the evidence base in our clinical decision making, and yet there is no comparable body of information to inform our supervisory practice. This is a serious problem for psychological therapists; there is an urgent need for theoretically driven and empirically evaluated approaches to supervision, and the training of such skills. This preliminary evaluation examined the impact of a 5-day training designed for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) supervisors new to the role. A within-subject, repeated-measures design was used to compare self-assessed supervision competencies over the course of training. Twenty-eight IAPT supervisors completed 5 days’ training based on the Supervision Competencies Framework and IAPT Supervision Guidance. Significant improvements were found in ratings of generic, specific, applied and meta-supervision competencies, as well as overall competency. This evaluation gives preliminary support for the impact of training on supervisory competencies. There are clear limitations, particularly the lack of objective measures and comparison training. Nevertheless, in the context of a very limited evidence base to date, the study contributes to a more robust approach to developing supervisory competence in clinical practice.

Keywords

CompetenceIAPTsupervisiontraining
Type
Education and supervision
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the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , December 2012 , pp. 83 - 92
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2013 

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