Psychotherapy Supervision and Consultation in Clinical Practice

This book focuses on the role of individual and group psychotherapy supervision in clinical practice. Specific examples of the utility of supervision are given in chapters by psychiatrists in private practice, hospital and community centers, and administration. A psychoanalyst discusses his supervision of mental health professionals who are not analysts. Cultural and gender issues that can affect both practice and supervision are the basis of another chapter. Other chapters include the benefits of, and need for, supervision as seen by an administrator and by an expert in disciplinary cases. Useful clinical examples are used throughout the book. This book is written for those mental health professionals already in clinical practice but is useful also for trainees and their supervisors in delineating the ongoing role of psychotherapy supervision in the lifelong development and maintenance of professional skills and standards of practice.

Judith Gold practices psychiatry in Brisbane, Australia where she also provides psychotherapy supervision to psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners. Previously she was visiting chair of psychotherapy at the University of Queensland after leaving the private practice of psychiatry in Canada. She has been very active in North American psychiatry and received the Order of Canada (CM) for her work in promoting the health and education of women and minorities.

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Why Psychotherapy Supervision Is Essential for Mental Health Professionals
Chapter 3 Supervision: Models, Tools, and Supervisory Experiences
Part 4 Issues in Supervision and Consultation in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Chapter 5 Supervising Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Chapter 6 Discussing the Undiscussable: The Limits of Supervision
Chapter 7 Improving Supervisory Skills: An Exercise in Lifelong Learning
Chapter 8 Supervision of Boundary Issues
Part 9 So Now I'm Grown Up-Do I Need Supervision?
Chapter 10 The Supervision of a Psychiatrist-Manager
Chapter 11 A Hospital-Based Clinician's Experiences of Psychotherapy Supervision
Chapter 12 Supervision in Private Practice
Chapter 13 Index