Simplified Essentials: Graduate Counseling Supervisions and Skills My Professors Forgot to Teach Me
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Although not a stand-alone text, this book supplements course texts, lectures, and class practice sessions. It provides what texts can't.
Instructors need not only a scholarly text, but something that provides the fundamentals of in vivo clinical practice and clinical supervision as well. What must students know about the reality of counseling, therapy, and psychotherapy? What is a competent supervisee? What is a competent supervisor? It's not a full catalog, but it's enough for a "practitioner profile” to transition students into the field in a straightforward and convenient package.
Most CACREP-accredited graduate programs are roughly 60 credits. While those with master's degrees are more likely than those with doctorates to be supervisors, supervision is not required in the plan of study. The primary reason is that additional courses may tip an already burdened curriculum. This book doesn't enter this debate, but it does provide the basics so supervisees and supervisors can meet the spirit and material demands of their roles. It also provides helpful samples to illustrate what students learn during the first field experience – how the field diverges from the classroom.
Dr. Camelia Shaheed earned a BA in Psychology, MA in Rehabilitation Counseling, and Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Arizona. At the University of Arizona, her primary research focus is the delivery of supervision, not surprising as a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30+ years of practice in Arizona as a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and administrator. Her areas of expertise – personality disorders and supervision delivery – have been the focus of many public and professional presentations. Furthermore, she “gives back” to the community with over three decades of pro bono support. Overall, those experiences inform the Essentials Series that begin with this book. Why write it? Beside the fact that graduate students need some texts to give them the basic facts, she considers this book essential. Graduate counselors must know how to read research. Otherwise, what are we doing? Too, she considers the Series integral to her most significant role -- that of instructor and mentor to future counselors and supervisors. In this way, she ensures the baton is worth passing before she passes it.
Although not a stand-alone text, this book supplements course texts, lectures, and class practice sessions. It provides what texts can't.
Instructors need not only a scholarly text, but something that provides the fundamentals of in vivo clinical practice and clinical supervision as well. What must students know about the reality of counseling, therapy, and psychotherapy? What is a competent supervisee? What is a competent supervisor? It's not a full catalog, but it's enough for a "practitioner profile” to transition students into the field in a straightforward and convenient package.
Most CACREP-accredited graduate programs are roughly 60 credits. While those with master's degrees are more likely than those with doctorates to be supervisors, supervision is not required in the plan of study. The primary reason is that additional courses may tip an already burdened curriculum. This book doesn't enter this debate, but it does provide the basics so supervisees and supervisors can meet the spirit and material demands of their roles. It also provides helpful samples to illustrate what students learn during the first field experience – how the field diverges from the classroom.
Dr. Camelia Shaheed earned a BA in Psychology, MA in Rehabilitation Counseling, and Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Arizona. At the University of Arizona, her primary research focus is the delivery of supervision, not surprising as a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30+ years of practice in Arizona as a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and administrator. Her areas of expertise – personality disorders and supervision delivery – have been the focus of many public and professional presentations. Furthermore, she “gives back” to the community with over three decades of pro bono support. Overall, those experiences inform the Essentials Series that begin with this book. Why write it? Beside the fact that graduate students need some texts to give them the basic facts, she considers this book essential. Graduate counselors must know how to read research. Otherwise, what are we doing? Too, she considers the Series integral to her most significant role -- that of instructor and mentor to future counselors and supervisors. In this way, she ensures the baton is worth passing before she passes it.