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• Archive: Clinical supervisors carry a great responsibility and obligation to be ethical, professional role models, yet many supervisors do not receive sufficient specific training to prepare them for their critical role.
• Many supervisors are promoted due to their excellent clinical skills rather than because of their training as a supervisor, thus perpetuating the mistakes of their supervisors.
• Supervisors are responsible, ethically and legally, for the work and development of the supervisees, as well as patient/client care.
• Supervision is a balancing act between the needs of both.Promotion into supervision can no longer be based solely on clinical skills.
• The clinician, regardless of level of education, credentials, field, populations served, or work experience, must develop a separate set of skills and knowledge base to become a competent and effective supervisor who can handle a myriad of ethical, clinical and supervisee situations.Dr.