Practicing Clinical Supervision in Chile: Lessons from 28 Years of Training

This article describes a model of supervision developed by Centro MIP in Santiago, Chile. This model is situated in the cultural history and legal context of psychotherapeutic practice in Chile, as well as in the unique pioneering spirit governing the institute since its founding in 1992. This psychotherapy-based model draws from constructivist and strategic orientations and includes elements of structural, solution-focused, and client-centered practice. The work has an overarching goal of serving the therapeutic growth of the supervisee and is guided by three primary principles: unwavering leadership (liderazgo irrenunciable), pursuing excellence (excelencia), and intervision (intervisi ón). It is argued that enhancing supervisees ’ therapeutic effectiveness and their own well-being is facilitated by eschewing within-session summative evaluation in favor of encouragement and bidirectional formative feedback. Several excerpts of supervisory sessions are provided to illustrate the method.
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research