Ethical Considerations in Supervision Practices within Clinical Psychology

Year 2024, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 535 - 553, 30.09.2024

İdil Alaftar

https://doi.org/10.31682/ayna.1439199

Abstract

Clinical supervision is of great importance for clinical psychologists working in the field to improve their professional experience. It allows therapists to meet regularly to discuss and review their knowledge, achievements, and practice with an experienced supervisor. Supervision contributes to therapists learning how to use their practice skills competently by facilitating clinicians to develop their practice skills and acquire professional attitudes throughout their careers that form the basis for ethical practice. Ethical principles and regulations guide psychologists to deal with the difficulties and dilemmas they may experience during supervision. This review aims to examine the ethical issues involved in supervision practices in clinical psychology and to discuss the ethical issues that supervisors and supervisees in this field face during the supervision process. The topics examined include professional and cultural competence, responsibility and roles, informed consent, record keeping and documentation, evaluation and feedback, multiple relationships, sexual relationships and boundaries, emergencies and availability, ending the supervision process and terminating the professional relationship, and problems encountered in supervision. The dilemmas supervisors and supervisees face are discussed in order to conduct the supervision relationship ethically.

Keywords

supervision, ethics, competence, feedback, boundaries

Ethical Statement

It is not a study that requires ethics committee approval.

Klinik Psikolojide Süpervizyon Uygulamalarında Etik Konular

Abstract

Klinik süpervizyon, alanda çalışan klinik psikologların mesleki deneyimlerini geliştirmelerinde büyük önem taşımaktadır. Terapistlerin bilgilerini, kazanımlarını ve uygulamalarını düzenli olarak deneyimli bir süpervizörle tartışma ve gözden geçirme fırsatı sunar. Süpervizyon, klinisyenlerin sadece uygulama becerilerini geliştirmekle kalmayıp aynı zamanda etik uygulama için temel oluşturan profesyonel tutumları, kariyerleri boyunca edinmelerini kolaylaştırarak terapistlerin uygulama becerilerini en yetkin şekilde nasıl kullanacağını öğrenmelerine katkıda bulunur. Etik ilkeler ve yönetmelikler, psikologların süpervizyon sırasında yaşayabilecekleri zorluklarla ve ikilemlerle başa çıkmaları için bir rehber olmaktadır. Derlemenin amacı, klinik psikoloji alanındaki süpervizyon uygulamalarında yer alan etik konuları incelemek ve bu alanda çalışan süpervizörlerin ve süpervizyon aşamasındaki terapistlerin, süpervizyon sürecinde karşılaştıkları etik konuları tartışmaktır. İncelenen konular arasında mesleki ve kültürel yetkinlik, sorumluluk ve roller, bilgilendirilmiş onam, kayıt tutma ve belgeleme, değerlendirme ve geribildirim, çoklu ilişkiler, cinsel ilişki ve sınırlar, acil durumlar ve ulaşılabilir olma, süreci bitirme ve profesyonel ilişkiyi sonlandırma ve süpervizyonda karşılaşılan sorunlar yer almaktadır. Süpervizyon ilişkisinin etik bir şekilde yürütülebilmesi için süpervizörlerin ve süpervizyon alan kişilerin yaşadığı ikilemler tartışılmaktadır.

Keywords

süpervizyon, etik, yetkinlik, geribildirim, sınırlar

Ethical Statement

Etik kurul onayı gerektiren bir çalışma değildir.

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