TY - JOUR

T1 - Conceptualising and managing supervisory drift

AU - Roscoe, Jason

PY - 2021/12/1

Y1 - 2021/12/1

N2 - Clinical supervision is widely considered to be an essential component in the translation of evidence-based treatment protocols into routine clinical practice. Experts in the field have produced guidance on the structuring of CBT supervision, yet previous surveys on everyday practices have consistently foundthat supervisors and supervisees appear to drift from these recommendations. Surprisingly, little has been written on the origins and maintenance of supervisory drift and thus it remains a poorly understood phenomenon. To assist supervisors, supervisees and meta-supervisors in recognising and responding to signs of drift, this paper seeks to build on the understanding of therapist drift byconceptualising how supervisor and supervisee cognitions, emotions and behaviour could intentionally or unintentionally render the supervision process ineffective or at worst harmful. Drawing on therapist schema literature, hypothesised pre-disposing factors for drift are presented together with clinicalexamples and a range of steps for managing indicators of drift in practice. Further research is needed to gather empirical support for the mechanisms proposed.

AB - Clinical supervision is widely considered to be an essential component in the translation of evidence-based treatment protocols into routine clinical practice. Experts in the field have produced guidance on the structuring of CBT supervision, yet previous surveys on everyday practices have consistently foundthat supervisors and supervisees appear to drift from these recommendations. Surprisingly, little has been written on the origins and maintenance of supervisory drift and thus it remains a poorly understood phenomenon. To assist supervisors, supervisees and meta-supervisors in recognising and responding to signs of drift, this paper seeks to build on the understanding of therapist drift byconceptualising how supervisor and supervisee cognitions, emotions and behaviour could intentionally or unintentionally render the supervision process ineffective or at worst harmful. Drawing on therapist schema literature, hypothesised pre-disposing factors for drift are presented together with clinicalexamples and a range of steps for managing indicators of drift in practice. Further research is needed to gather empirical support for the mechanisms proposed.

U2 - 10.1017/S1754470X21000350

DO - 10.1017/S1754470X21000350

M3 - Article

JO - Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

JF - Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

SN - 1754-470X

ER -