The Practice of Competency-Based Supervision: An Overview -V. Ann Waldorf, PhD
Virginia Ann Waldorf, PhD, is a 1997 Clinical Psychology graduate of the University of New Mexico, Department of Psychology. During her career, she’s been involved in clinical care, education and training, program development, and administration at the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, and the University of New Mexico. She has served as faculty for UNM’s Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Family & Community Medicine. In August of 2014, Dr. Waldorf was named as the first Vice Chair for Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. In this role, she is responsible for expanding the department’s role in the School of Medicine, the Health Sciences System and the community through evidenced-based care development, research facilitation, inter-professional clinical education, and administration. For many years, the focus of her clinical activities has been the treatment of substance use disorders and the provision of integrated behavioral health services in primary medical settings. She has trained both learners and providers in Evidence Based Practices (EBPs), especially those related to substance use in individuals diagnosed with co-occurring psychiatric and medical disorders. She has served as a clinical supervisor and didactic trainer for learners in psychology, psychiatry, medicine, social work, nursing and other allied health professions. Her current training focus for her learners is on the development of clinical expertise in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT), as well as the Competency-Based Model of Supervision.
Competency-based supervision is a trans-theoretical approach that has been widely adopted as the optimal standard in supervisory practice for some time. Carol A. Falender and Edward P. Shafranske are the authors of two of the seminal texts on this approach, with one being Supervision Essentials for the Practice of Competency-Based Supervision, published as part of APA’s Clinical Supervision Essentials series. This presentation will provide an overview of the concepts and constructs of this approach to supervision in the practice of psychology. The application of this approach across different theoretical models of therapy and practice will be introduced. Practical, contextual, ethical, multicultural, and professional issues related to supervision in the competency-based model also will be presented.
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