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Ongoing <strong>Clinical</strong> <strong>Supervision</strong><br />
reflecting on the barriers that clients experience, speaking about<br />
what prevents them from being able to follow through on using<br />
their plans, and helping clients process their resistance as<br />
opposed to getting into a power struggle with them.<br />
Role playing<br />
After the clinician describes a challenge he or she is encountering with a client, the<br />
clinical supervisor can suggest a role play where the clinician and clinical supervisor<br />
act out the situation where the clinician had trouble. For example, if the clinician<br />
plays the role of the client, the clinical supervisor can show the clinician other ways<br />
of responding to what the client is saying. The roles can be reversed, with the supervisor<br />
taking on the client role. This variation requires that the supervisor has enough<br />
information about the client’s responses to be able to respond meaningfully. The<br />
supervisor can see how the clinician responded to the situation in question and then<br />
give feedback.<br />
Reviewing taped sessions<br />
The clinician is asked to either audio- or videotape the session or sessions with a<br />
client. The clinician must ensure that the client understands that this is being done<br />
to help the clinician provide optimal care. After this has been explained, the clinician<br />
must obtain written consent from the client. The clinician reviews the tape and<br />
marks the segment that he or she would like to discuss with his or her supervisor.<br />
The clinician plays this segment during the session and the clinician and clinical<br />
supervisor discuss their observations. The clinician may first be asked to talk about<br />
what he or she was thinking and feeling at the time and how these thoughts and<br />
feelings contributed to what he or she did or did not say.<br />
CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND DIVERSITY<br />
Influence of privilege and oppression<br />
in the therapeutic relationship<br />
Skilled clinicians possess knowledge and understanding about how oppression, racism,<br />
discrimination and stereotyping affect them both personally as well as in their work.<br />
They are knowledgeable about how sociopolitical influences impinge on the lives of<br />
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