How do we know what makes for “best practice” in clinical supervision for psychological therapists? A content analysis of supervisory models and approaches

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1228-1245

  Simpson Southward, Chloe ^a   Waller, Glenn ^a   Hardy, Gillian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical supervision models; content analysis; evidence based; patient outcome; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 85018574584     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2084     Document Type: Article

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