I’m Done School. Why Do I Need Clinical Supervision?
It’s important to be humble as therapists. It’s easy to think that we know better than our clients or that if they just followed our advice better, their lives would improve. But imposing our own ideals onto our clients is a common topic in clinical supervision in Ontario for many reasons. In the end, it doesn’t matter what we think the client should do. What matters is what the client thinks they should do and even more importantly, what they believe they have the capacity to do. We aren’t here to provide answers. We are here to help our clients find their own answers.
Psychotherapy in a Post Pandemic World
Therapists have been able to fit more clients into their schedules and have also found an easier time of working in the off-hours. Suddenly, an evening session on a Thursday isn’t out of the question whereas three years ago that would have sounded absurd.
The Basics of Clinical Supervision in Ontario
The main purpose of the College is to protect members of the public from nefarious actions on the part of the therapists. This can include boundary violations, sexual involvement with clients, practising out of scope as well as conflict of interest issues. Simply put, the harm that a therapist can cause to client can be life-changing and we need laws and practices that protect vulnerable populations.