William F. Symes Clinical Supervision


		Clinical Supervision					William F. Symes



						Choosing a Clinical Supervisor

					What is the Supervisor's clinical background? Is the Supervisor a clinician, researcher, teaching faculty, administrator or in private practice? How many HOURS of clinical experience does the supervisor have? For example: 25 hours per week @ 48 weeks per year for 10 years=12,000 hours. This is a critical formula for expertise. How many hours a week of clinical therapy (not supervision) does the supervisor perform. How many different clinical styles/techniques is the supervisor an expert in? The two major types of Supervision are: Enabling and Analytic. Enabling is primarily supportive. Analytic is a more rigorous examination of clinical skills and awareness.


	My Supervision Philosophy

	Supervision is the beginning of clinical expertise. Finishing one's degree gives one access to the professional community, but supervision is the true training battle ground wherein the therapist learns diagnosis, treatment, symptom identification, biological and psychological systems, and how to literally stand in the eye of the hurricane. The first three years of full time clinical work are, to be blunt, emotionally traumatic. Supervision should be designed to not only support the therapist, but to effectively challenge one's limitations, fears, and emotional obstructions. I try to provide an opportunity to explore and understand the latest cutting edge psycho-dynamic therapy as it applies to self and others.

					My Clinical Supervision Skill-Set

					Began clinical training in 1974 Analytic Training Background. Analytic Supervision orientation Jungian and Freudian training. Gestalt Psychotherapy Graduate. Over 35,000 clinical hours Over 1,500 supervison hours received Analyzed over 60,000 dreams Nationally licensed Continuing Education Provider: N.B.C.C. - National Board for Certified Counselors (predominant governing body for required continuing education for counselors) Workshop training from : James Masterson, William Glasser, Jay Haley, Cloe Madannes, Otto Kernberg, Karl Whittaker, Miriam and Irving Polster, Marion Woodman, James Hillman, Conrad Sommer, Jean Houston, Michael Yapko, Claudio Naranjo, and the Masters & Johnson clinic, to name a few.

	N.B.C.C. License to Clinically train:

	Jungian theory and technique, Freudian theory and technique, Subliminal Hypnosis Grief and Healing Systematic Desensitization Phobias, Obsessions and Compulsions Family Therapy, Strategic Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Brief Therapy, Understanding and treating Dissociation Dream Analysis, Ethics, Integrated Systems, Meditation, Marriage therapy, Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders Cross-Cultural Healing Techniques Recovered Memory: False memory syndrome Working with the Borderline Personality Clinical structural differences between the: Borderline, Narcissist and Sociopath. Active Imagination and Positive Imaging Subliminal suggestion, paradox, and distraction techniques. The trauma split between memory and emotion Personality structure and developmental interruption

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