Göz ardı edilmiş bir konu: Süpervizör yetkinliği ve süpervizörlük eğitimi üzerine tanımlayıcı bir derleme çalışması

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 229 - 241, 25.08.2025

Gizem Sarısoy Aksüt

https://doi.org/10.57127/kpd.26024438.1301315

Abstract

Süpervizyon, psikoterapi eğitim ve uygulama sürecinde çok önemli bir yere sahiptir. Psikoterapist olmak için öğrenciler sıkı bir şekilde yapılandırılmış kuramsal eğitim süreçlerinden geçtikten sonra süpervizyon altında danışan görmeye başlamaktadır. Psikoterapistlerin yetkinliği için çok önemli bir yere sahip olan süpervizyon sürecinde, süpervizörün yetkinliği son yıllara kadar göz ardı edilmiş bir konu olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Geleneksel yaklaşımda psikoterapistlerin belli bir süre deneyimden sonra öğrendikleri bilgi ve becerileri süpervizör olmak için adapte edebilecekleri varsayımı hakimken, alandaki süpervizörlerin yetkinlik düzeylerini ve yetersiz uygulamaların sıklığını raporlayan çalışmalar süpervizör olabilmek için de belirli bir eğitimin gerekli olduğuna dikkat çekmeye başlamıştır. Bu durum Amerikan Psikologlar Birliği’ ni bu konuda harekete geçirmiş ve 2014 yılında “Sağlık Hizmeti Veren Psikologlar için Klinik Süpervizyon El Kitabı” hazırlanmıştır. Bu gelişme ile birlikte süpervizyonun ayrı beceriler gerektiren, psikoterapistlikten farklı bir uygulama olduğu görüşü daha geniş kitlelerce kabul görmeye başlamış ve süpervizörlük eğitimleri yaygınlaşmaya başlamıştır. Bu derleme makalesinde süpervizörlüğün önemi, konunun tarihsel gelişimi, süpervizörlüğü psikoterapistlikten ayıran özellikler, süpervizörlük eğitimine dair mevcut tartışmalar ve süpervizör gelişim modellerine yer verilmiştir.

Keywords

süpervizyon , süpervizör , terapi , süpervizör eğitimi

Ethical Statement

Etik izin gerektirmeyen derleme çalışmasıdır.

Supporting Institution

Bu çalışma herhangi bir proje kapsamında gerçekleştirilmemiş ve herhangi bir fon veya ödenek kullanılmamıştır.

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Çıkar Çatışması Beyanı: Bu makalenin yazarı, makaleye ilişkin herhangi bir çıkar çatışması olmadığını beyan eder. Onam Formu: Araştırma türüne uygun değildir. Proje/Ödenek Bilgisi: Bu çalışma herhangi bir proje kapsamında gerçekleştirilmemiş ve herhangi bir fon veya ödenek kullanılmamıştır. Data Paylaşımı/Uygunluğu: Çalışma kapsamında katılımcılardan elde edilen herhangi bir veri yoktur. Yazar(lar)ın Katkısı: Bu çalışmanın tüm aşamaları yazar tarafından yürütmüştür.

An overlooked issue: A narrative review on supervisor competence and supervisor training

Abstract

Supervision is a crucial part of psychotherapy education and training. In order to become a psychotherapist, students conduct sessions under supervision after completing highly structured theoretical training. Although the importance of the supervision process has been widely accepted, the competency of the supervisors appears as an issue that has been overlooked until recent years. Traditionally, it was assumed that after a certain period of experience, the knowledge and skills acquired by conducting psychotherapy can be adapted to supervision practice. However, study results reporting low levels of supervisor competency and frequent practice of inadequate or low quality supervision draw attention to the need for certain training to be a supervisor. The situation prompted the American Psychological Association to take action in this regard, and they prepared “Guidelines for Clinical Supervision in Health Service Psychology” in 2014 in order to promote the provision of high-quality supervision. With the publication of the guideline, the view that supervision is a distinct profession that requires specific skill sets has started to be accepted by a wider community, and supervision training has started to become more widespread. In this review article, the importance of supervision, the historical development of the issue of supervisor training, the features that distinguish supervision from psychotherapy, current discussions in the literature on supervisor training, and supervisor development models were presented.

Keywords

supervision , supervisor , therapy , supervisor training

Ethical Statement

This is a review study that does not require ethical approval.

Supporting Institution

This study was not conducted within the scope of any project and no funds or grants were used.

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Declaration of Conflict of Interest: All authors of this article declare that they have no conflict of interest regarding the article. Consent Form: It is not suitable for the type of research. Project/Funding Information: This study was not conducted within the scope of any project and no funds or grants were used. Data Sharing/Appropriateness: There is no data obtained from the participants within the scope of the study. Author(s) Contribution: The author is solely responsible for all aspects of this work.

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