WHAT IS CLINICAL SUPERVISION? | What good looks like and common issues

What is clinical supervision, and how do assistant psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists use it effectively? In today’s video I’m going to lay out the basics of what clinical supervision is, what good likes like, and what to bring to supervision.
I am also going to speak about some of the common issues. As assistant psychologists or trainee clinical psychologists, we experience a HUGE power differential with our supervisors (who are usually very experienced and qualified clinical psychologists). This can really make it difficult to speak up and know what to do.
In the video I reference various documents and guidelines:
BPS Practice guidelines (covers supervision, and work done by trainees and assistants)
www.bps.org.uk/sites/www.bps....
For trainee clinical psychologists:
www.bps.org.uk/sites/beta.bps...
For assistant psychologist:
nanopdf.com/download/attached...
Article “Guidelines vs Reality”
acpuk.org.uk/guidelines_versu...
Some other FAB info which maybe of use is an article by @psychassist
psychassistblog.wordpress.com...
0:00 Introduction and set up
1:40 What is clinical supervision?
4:57 What does good look like?
9:55 What do I bring to supervision?
12:51 Common issues (intro)
16:17 Being micromanaged
18:16 Too much responsibility
21:11 Supervision isn't really happening
22:48 Supervisory relationship has broken down
24:43 Ciao for now!!!

[@Forever_OctobersJ]

I'm more than half way done with my masters in counseling. I have my supervision coming up and this video was extremely helpful. Thank you. You answered so many questions and worries I had about it. I wasn't sure if it was normal to not really understand what the point of it all was and being embarrassed that I may not know certain things. This video was well done and easy to understand. Thank you!!!

[@SharonB]

WOOOOW I needed this video. Despite being an AP for nearly a year now I still find myself questioning whether I’ve used my time in supervision efficiently. Thank you Miranda!

[@TheWorryPeople]

DOLL! Thank you so much for your comment :) Honestly, I feel like no matter how much experience you have, whenever your supervisor is like "what have you got for supervision today" it's like AHHHH 😂😂😂 glad you found it helpful!!

[@butterflymagicwithhottea9291]

These are relevant points. Supervision is pivotal to professional development. The rapport with a supervisor can create significant shifts in how a candidate progresses. I am almost done my masters in counselling psychology and have 3 supervisors for various aspects of career development. It can be quite expensive while training. Thank you for sharing these experiences.

[@PsychologyCast]

*For me, the line ' **_walking out of the womb_** ' ** was on point!*

[@TheWorryPeople]

Hahaha... not the most elegant phrase (shock) but it makes my point!!

[@etiaulaumea7373]

thank you for your insights. Very helpful in my understanding of what i should be thinking about in each supervision session i have. :D

[@the_psychdiaries]

This was a brilliant video thank you Miranda! Such a clear way of thinking about supervision with some really useful discussion points. Thank you for making this :)

[@TheWorryPeople]

My absolute pleasure Natalia! Thanks so much for watching :) Looking forward to seeing more to come from you ;)

[@TheWorryPeople]

OH EM GEE THIS VIDEO WAS 45 MINS LATE this is not who I am as a person and I am very sorry wahhhhhh. P.S. If the editing in the video is a little wild then... please be understanding 😂 this morning has been ABSOLUTELY BEYOND RIDICULOUS

[@yogalessia7628]

WOW, this was so helpful!! Thank you so much

[@TheWorryPeople]

My pleasure!!

[@jenniferroseoulton6594]

This was so helpful, thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who had no idea what I should be bringing to supervision when I started I'd appreciate a video on reflective practice if you're looking for ideas 😊

[@TheWorryPeople]

Great idea!! I'll defo have a think about that one :)) glad you found it useful!!

[@EseKanayo]

This was really insightful, It actually makes more sense now in terms of its actual purpose and what you might hope to get out it 😂Great video Miranda!✨

[@TheWorryPeople]

Ese!!! Thanks so much my love, really appreciate that :) Supervision defo is murky waters so glad it helped!

[@marianna3833]

Thank you for your honesty about the feeling of using supervision as a pre-reg! I get fortnightly 1:1 supervision and also group AP supervision fortnightly. I used to find it really tiring/ confusing but I think that is because I felt a lot of pressure to verbally articulate my reflections in a "psychology girl" way. Nowadays I just go in with a foot long list of practical questions + updates and do the reflect-y bit by myself on paper and sometimes send it to my supervisor!

[@TheWorryPeople]

Yeah I definitely get that. I think I used to see it as another exercise where I needed to "perform" which meant I wasn't really getting as much out of it as I could... Still a balancing act though!!

[@sim._.dhillon]

love this, super useful! and the humour lolol 😂😩 quick question, is there quite a lot of similarities and crossovers between clinical supervision for an AP and that of a trainee CP? great content thank you for sharing

[@IncarnateLove]

I recently found your channel after searching for Clinical Psychology application advice! Muchas gracias por su ayuda ❤️ espero que estés muy bien y tengas un feliz día ~ 🇵🇦

[@TheWorryPeople]

Eyyyy muchisimas gracias Izzy! Me alegro que lo hayas encontrado util :) un abrazo xx

[@keliiamber]

Loving the 8 simples rules reference! I say it regularly and no one seems to know where its from!! 🤣 another fab video!!! Xx

[@TheWorryPeople]

LOL I'm so glad you got that - I say it all the time and I'm pretty sure people thing I'm being rude 🤣 glad you enjoyed and thank you for the comment!!

[@crystalpinkygodfrey9946]

just got a supervisor position, and needs to know more about the role

[@TheWorryPeople]

Wowww! Congratulations :)

[@jonathanlorio3265]

I'm really worried that the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology program only requires 450 hours of supervised clinical work. Here in the U.S., to get a Masters in therapy, you need to get licensed with at least 3,000 hours of clinical work. How can someone be ready to be a licensed psychologist, be it counseling or clinical, with under 1,000 hours of clinical work? This worries me because I'm applying for Doctorate programs in the UK and hoping to move back permanently.