Clinical Supervision in South Africa

Improving practice with limited resources

Kamilla Varsha Rawatlal

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9783031419317
  9783031419287
• eBook ISBN:
  9783031419294
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

In this publication, an ecological, relational framework to support practitioners i. e. Masters' level Psychologists/Social Workers/Health Professionals, Interns navigate 21st century challenges and opportunities in the provision of mental health care services at various institutions in developing countries such as South Africa is discussed. With an increased uptake of mental health care services in recent times and the advent of teletherapy to make these services more accessible, health care professionals have had to also reconcile working within institutional structures that place challenges and pressures. Psychologists and Health Professionals employed in various governmental institutions such as health and higher education have also been subject to multiple competing demands that increase the risk of compassion fatigue and burnout. Reference is made to research that has demonstrated that burnout arises from multiple institutional, professional and personal factors, including healthprofessional's belief's and coping.?

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction and Background to Institutions of Practice
• 2. The Evolution of Supervisory Models
• 3. Towards a Systemic and Relational Ecological Framework to Clinical Supervision
• 4. Level One (The Core) Informing Supervisee’s Internal Lens of Reference
• 5. Supervisee’s Interpersonal Frame of Reference
• 6. Navigating the External (Institutional)
• 7. Case Management and Presenting Problem Management
• 8. Contemporary Areas for Clinical Supervision Integration
• 9. Towards Well-being: Self-Care in the Supervisory Space
• 10. Integration of Chapters: Applying a Systemic Lens to Clinical Supervision
• Back Matter