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Clinical Grand Rounds

Workforce Development / Training / Supervision

Clinical Grand Round 4 - The Science and Art of Clinical Supervision in RE-CBT

Friday, November 21, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CST
Location: Bolden 2, Level 2
Earn 1.5 Credit
Keywords: Supervision, Training / Training Directors, REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy)
Level of Familiarity: Basic to Moderate
Recommended Readings: Milne, D., Reiser, R., Aylott, H., Dunkerley, C., Fitzpatrick, H., & Wharton, S. (2010). The systematic review as an empirical approach to improving CBT supervision. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 3(3), 278-294.,   Pretorius, W. M. (2006). Cognitive behavioural therapy supervision: recommended practice. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 34(4), 413-420.,   Gonsalvez, C. J., & Calvert, F. L. (2014). Competency‐based models of supervision: Principles and applications, promises and challenges. Australian Psychologist, 49(4), 200-208.,   ,  
Clinical supervison is considered to be one of the benchmarks to developing core clinical skills (Falender & Shafranske, 2017). Yet many supervisors have limited trainining in provision of supervision and the field lacks an evidence-based model (Barrett, Gonsalvez, & Shires, 2020). Over 20 years ago, Milne and James (2002) argued that we have to consider training on competence in clinical supervision to best develop the skills of practitioners to benefit their clients as they work towards clinical change. There remains today a consensus that implementation of a competency-based approach for psychology training and supervision is needed (Gonsalvez & Crowe, 2014). This presentation will stress the importance of supervision for clinician development and client outcomes and an evidence-based approach to developing competency in supervision of practitioners will be highlighted. Methods for providing clinical supervisory feedback that promotes skill development, problem-solving and growth will be highlighted with consideration to a developmental approach towards supervision provision. Demonstration of provision of supervision from a Rational Emotive/Cognitive-Behavioral framework will be offered in order to model effective supervision and discuss specifc approaches used and why. This demonstration will provide an opportunity for participants to view how a RE-CBT supervisor is able to provide supervision to assist the supervisee in developing clinical skills within a RE-CBT framework to best assist their clients and become more confident as a practitioner. The supervisor and supervisee will be interviewed about the structure of the supervision, the supervisory decision made, and their perception of how beneficial this was to their work with the client as well as in their overall skill development.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, the learner will be able to:
  1. Describe core components of competency in clinical supervision.
  2. Explain the science and application of a competency based approach towards CBT clinical supervision.
  3. Describe how to implement a competencty-based approach in the training of supervisors in RE-CBT.
  4. Communicate an understanding of a developmental approach towards RE-CBT supervision.
  5. Integrate a competency-based supervisory approach towards RE-CBT within training programs.