Getting the Best Out of Supervision in Counselling & Psychotherapy: A Guide for the Supervisee - Paperback

by Mary Creaner (Author)

Getting the Best Out of Supervision in Counselling & Psychotherapy does exactly what it says on the tin! Supervision is an essential part of counselling training and ensuring you know exactly how to get the very most out of supervision is important, whatever their level of study. Exploring how to begin, maintain and end a supervisory learning relationship in the context of existing theory and best practice guidelines, the author will introduce your trainees to:

• Models and forms of supervision
• The skills informing good supervision
• What to expect from supervision
• Key professional issues in supervision

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Written in a lively and engaging style, this book will enable both supervisors and supervisees to get the best they can from the supervisory experience.

Author Biography

Mary Creaner is an Assistant Professor, research co-ordinator, and clinical supervisor with the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Course Director for the M.Sc./P.Grad. Diploma in Clinical Supervision, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Having commenced her career in education, Mary subsequently qualified as a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor prior to beginning her academic career in Trinity College. She has been involved in developing and delivering a variety of academic and adult education programmes together with professional development training in this area for over 25 years.

Mary also works in private practice and is accredited as a therapist and supervisor by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP), is a registered supervisor with the European Association for Supervision and Coaching (EASC) and a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), APA Division 17 (Counselling Psychology) and APA Supervision and Training Special Section. She also acts as a consultant to statutory and voluntary agencies and is a peer reviewer for a number of academic journals. Mary has a particular interest in clinical supervision theory, practice and research which was the subject of her doctoral inquiry from which the MSc/PGrad. Dip in Clinical Supervision programme collaboratively emerged. She also has a keen interested in practitioner research and qualitative research methodologies. Mary has a number of publications primarily in the area of psychological therapy, supervision and research. She has presented her work both nationally and internationally.