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TIP #52: Clinical Supervision and Professional Development of the Substance Abuse Counselor

165 pages. Includes index and bibliography. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series #52. Supervision is necessary in the substance abuse treatment field to improve client care, develop the professionalism of clinical personnel, and impart and maintain ethical standards in the field. TIP 52 presents basic information about clinical supervision. Part 1, for clinical supervisors, covers the central principles and models of clinical supervision and guidelines for new supervisors, including the functions of a clinical supervisor; developmental levels or stages of counselors and clinical supervisors; cultural competence; ethical and legal issues; monitoring clinical performance of counselors; and practical issues such as balancing one's clinical and administrative duties, finding the time to do clinical supervision, documentation, and structuring clinical supervision sessions. Part 2 helps administrators understand the benefits of and rationale for providing clinical supervision for substance abuse counselors. Part 3 is for clinical supervisors, interested counselors, and administrators, and consists of three sections: an analysis of the available literature, an annotated bibliograph

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