Supervision and Consultation for Clinical Psychologists

CLI SU901 - Supervision and Consultation for Clinical Psychologists

Credits: 3

This course is designed to develop competencies in the distinct but interrelated professional roles of clinical supervision and psychological consultation. The supervision component emphasizes a competency-based and developmental approach to training, highlighting supervision as a distinct professional practice characterized by a collaborative relationship that incorporates both facilitative and evaluative functions. Students will engage with evidence-based models of supervision and develop applied skills across key domains, including supervisor competence, diversity and cultural humility, supervision alliance and process, professionalism and reflective practice, ongoing assessment and feedback, remediation of competence problems, and ethical, legal, and regulatory standards.

The consultation component introduces students to multiple models and contexts of consultation. Students will learn to define and communicate the role of the psychologist-consultant, apply consultation frameworks across clinical, organizational, and community settings, and demonstrate respect for and effective collaboration with other professions and stakeholders. Through peer consultation experiences, students will evaluate consultation questions, consider contextual and cultural factors, and tailor consultation strategies to meet the needs of diverse systems and populations.

Throughout the course, students will integrate theory, research, and applied experience to begin forming their own emerging models of competent, ethical, and culturally responsive practice in supervision and consultation. Reflective practice, self-assessment, and attention to professional values are embedded across all course activities.