Clinical Supervision in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling by Powell, David J.;

Short description:

This groundbreaking work, now available in paperback, is the standard text for the training and education of supervisors in substance abuse counseling. The blended model of treatment presented here is a synthesis of several established schools of therapy, and utilizes developmental, psychodynamic skills, and family therapy perspectives.

Long description:

This groundbreaking work, now available in paperback, is the standard text for the training and education of supervisors in substance abuse counseling. The blended model of treatment presented here is a synthesis of several established schools of therapy, and utilizes developmental, psychodynamic skills, and family therapy perspectives. Firmly grounded in both theory and practice, this book offers methods of supervisory contracting, observation, case presentation, modeling, intervention, and evaluation. Ethical and legal concerns are also addressed. Clinical Supervision provides the knowledge base that substance abuse supervisors will need in the coming years.

This groundbreaking work, now available in paperback, is the standard text for the training and education of supervisors in substance abuse counseling. The "blended" model of treatment presented here is a synthesis of several established schools of therapy, and utilizes developmental, psychodynamic skills, and family therapy perspectives. Firmly grounded in both theory and practice, this book offers methods of supervisory contracting, observation, case presentation, modeling, intervention, and evaluation. Ethical and legal concerns are also addressed. Clinical Supervision provides the knowledge base that substance abuse supervisors will need in the coming years.

"Powell `blended model' of clinical supervision is a major original contribution to the clinical supervision literature as well as to the substance abuse field. It synthesizes the psycodynamic, skills, family therapy, and developmental approaches to supervision into a coherent framework that captures the essence of our unique discipline." —Carlton E. Turner, Ph.D., former director, Drug Abuse Policy Office, The White House

"This is the first comprehensive book to apply current knowledge about supervision to the substance abuse field. It clearly sets forth that supervision in a unique profession with subspecialites, a profession with unique knowledge and skills required of the effective practitioner." —L. Dianne Borders, Ph.D., coauthor Handbook of Counseling Supervision

Table of Contents:

Introduction:The Need for Professionalism in Supervisory Trainingand PracticeConsequences of Inadequate Supervisory TrainingFactors Placing a Premium on Quality SupervisionBenefits of Supervision: The Experience of the Clinical Perceptorship ProgramThe Content and Organization of This Book

Part I: Principles

1. A Historical Review of SupervisionTradirional DefinitionsLegal DefinitionsAdministrative DefinitionsClinical DefinitionsToward a Working Definition

2. A Working Definition of SupervisionThe Blended Definition of SupervisionThe Four Foci of SupervisionSummary

3. Leadership Principles for SupervisorsLeadership, Management, and SupervisionThe New Organizational ContextLeadership Qualities in the New Organizational ContextServant LeadershipStakeholdersThe New Work EnvironmentMaking It Work

4. Traits of an Effective Clinical SupervisorThe Two Essential QualitiesLearning Objectives

Part II; Models

5. Building a Model of Clinical SupervisionBlueprint for a ModelPhilisophical FoundationDescriptive DimensionsStage of DevelopmentContextual FactorsThe BlAnded Model in Historical Perspective

6. A Developmental Approach to SupervisionRoots of the Developmental AppraochDevelopmenatal Models of Supervision: An OverviewStoltenberg and Delworth's Integrated Developmental ApproachApplication of the Developmental Perspective

7. The Psychodynamic ModelPsychodynamically Oriented Definitions of SupervisionMethods in Psychodynamic SupervisionSelection of Patients for SupervisionCounselor Development from a Psychodynamic PerspectiveCurrent Directions in Psychodynamically Oriented Supervision

8. The Skills ModelBasic TenetsMethods of SupervisionThe Task Oriented Model

9. Family Therapy ModelsSystems theoryStructural SupervisionStrategic SupervisionThe Contribution of Family Therapy to Supervision

10. A BlAnded Model of Clinical Supervision for the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse FieldWhat is Substance Abuse?The Twelve Steps of recoveryThe Minnesota Model of TreatmentPhilisophical Foundation of the BlAnded ModelDescriptive Dimensions

Part III: Methods

11. Establishing a Supervisory ContractAgAnda for the Initial SessionGetting to Know the SuperviseeGoals of SupervisionThe Individual Development PlanAssessing the Learning Environment of Supervision

12. Basic Supervisory TechniquesThe Context of SupervisionMethods of ObservationSpecial Supervisory EnvironmentsCase PresentationsRole Playing, Role Modeling, and DemonstrationFeedback and InterventionThe Content of Supervision

13. Evaluation and FeedbackDetermining Skill LevelsDealing with AnxietyStandards of Evaluation: Overcoming BiasGudelines for Useful FeedbackCounseling Individuals Out of the ProfessionInstruments for Counselor AssessmnetInstruments for Supervisor Assessment

14. Innovative techniques in SupervisionPhilosophy as Material for SupervisionEffective QuestionsSolution-Focused SupervisionIn Vivo SupervisionAssuming the Supervisory Role

15. Ethical and Legal ConcernsDual RelationshipsProfessional CredibilityEvaluationRespectInformed ConsentConfidentialitySupervisee EthicsLegal Liability for Supervisors

16. Special Issues in SupervisionContextual FactorsGAnder as a Factor in SupervisionEthnicity as a Factor in SupervisionWorking Within the SystemResistant Counselors: Age and Recovery IssuesThe Impaired CounselorAn Ever-Expanding Context

17. Directions for the FuturePatients, Programs, and Priorities to the Year 2000The Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Professional to the Year 2000Training and Supervision Needs to the Year 2000Conclusion

AppAndixes

A. Competencies of Supervisors

B. Role Delineation Study for Clinical Supervisors

C. Assessing One's Preparation As A Clinical Supervisor

D. Determining Readiness to Be a Supervisor

E. Counselor Evaluation of the Supervisor

F. Counselor Evaluation of Supervision

G. Tasks of Supervision

H. Evaluation of the Supervisor in Training

I. A Design for a Clinical Supervision training Course

J. Individual Development Plan

K. Suggested Outline for Case Presentations

L. Counselor Assessment Forms