UAMFT

Supervision Refresher Course 2008
Thorana S. Nelson, Ph.D.

Pre-course Readings

Welcome to the UAMFT-sponsored, AAMFT-approved Supervision Refresher course. This course satisfies the requirement for continuing education for AAMFT Approved Supervisors, who must take a 5 hour refresher course for renewal of the designation.

Please download and carefully read the syllabus

To prepare for the course, please read at least three of the following articles that are of particular interest to you and be prepared to report on them. You may have other resources that would be useful to the group as well; please bring them. The group will be very interactive and designed to be an enriching experience for supervisors.

Alderfer, C. (2007). Triangulation -- the core of the supervisory process. Family Therapy Magazine, Sept./Oct., 32-34.

Anderson, S. A., Schlossberg, M., & Rigazio-DiGilio, S. (2000). Family therapy trainees' evaluations of their best and worst supervision experiences. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 26, 79-91.

Bischoff, R. J., Barton, M., Thober, J., & Hawley, R. (2002). Events and experiences impacting the development of clinical self confidence. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 28(3), 371-382.

Boyer, P. A. (2001, Winter/Spring). Clinical supervision in a rural/frontier state. Supervision Bulletin, pp. 5-6.

Charles, L. L., Ticheli-Kallikas, M., Tyner, K., & Barber-Stephens, B. (2005). Crisis management during "live" supervision: Clinical and instructional matters. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 31, 207-219.

Edwards, T., & Patterson, J. (2006). Supervising family therapy trainees in primary care medical settings: Context matters. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 32, 33-43.

Fialkov, C., Haddad, D., & Gagliardi, J. (2001, Summer). Face to face on the line: An invitation to learn from online supervision. Supervision Bulletin, pp. 1-3.

Green, S. L., Shilts, L., & Bacigalupe, G. (2001). When approved is not enough: Development of a supervision consultation model. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27, 515-525.

Greenwalt, B. C. (2001, Summer). Cybersupervision. Supervision Bulletin, pp. 12-14.

Harris, S. M., Dersch, C. A., & Mittal, M. (1999). Look who's talking: Measuring self-disclosure in MFT. Contemporary Family Therapy, 21(3), 405-415.

Hays, P. A. (1996). Addressing the complexities of culture and gender in counseling. Journal of Counseling & Development, 74, 332-338.

Inman, A. G. (2006). Supervisor multicultural competence and its relation to supervisory process and outcome. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 32, 73-85.

Lebow, J. L. (2001, Winter/Spring). The changing face of models of marital and family therapy. Family Therapy Magazine, Winter/Spring, 3-4.

Lee, R. E., Nichols, D. P., Nichols, W. C., & Odom, T. (2004). Trends in family therapy supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30, 61-69.

Locke, L. D., & McCollum, E. E. (2001). Clients' views of live supervision and satisfaction with therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27, 129-133.

Lowe, R. (2000). Supervising self-supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 26, 511-521.

Mittal, M., & Wieling, E. (2006). Training experiences of international doctoral students in marriage and family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 32, 369-383.

Morgan, M. M., & Sprenkle, D. H. (2007). Toward a common factors approach to supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 33, 1-17.

Murphy, M. J., & Wright, D. (2005). Supervisees' perspectives of power use in supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 31, 283-295.

Nelson, T. S., Chenail, R. J., Alexander, Crane, D. R., Johnson, S. M., & Schwallie, L. (2007). The development of core competencies for the practice of marriage and family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 33(4), 417-438.

Nelson, K. W., Brendel, J. M., Mize, L. K., Lad, K., & Hancock, C. (2001). Therapists perceptions of ethnicity issues in family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27(3), 363-373.

Northey, W. F. (2005). Are you competent to practice marriage and family therapy? Family Therapy Magazine, July/Aug, 10-13.

Prouty, A. M., Thomas, V., Johnson, S., & Long, J. (2001). Methods of feminist family therapy supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27, 85-97.

Prouty, A. M., Helmeke, K. B., & Lyness, K. P. (2002, Jan/Feb). Opportunities for mentorship in family therapy supervision. Family Therapy Magazine, 1(1), 44-46.

Ratliff, D. A., Wampler, K. S., & Morris, G. H. (2000). Lack of consensus in supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 26, 373-384.

Russell, C. S., DuPree, W. J., Beggs, M. A., Peterson, C. M., & Anderson, M. P. (2007). Responding to remediation and gatekeeping challenges in supervision. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 33, 227-244.

Sori, C. F., & Sprenkle, D. (2004). Training family therapists to work with children and families: A modified Delphi study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30, 479-495.

Storm, C. L., Todd, T. C., Sprenkle, D. H., & Morgan, M. M. (2001). Gaps between MFT supervision assumptions and common practice: Suggested best practices. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27, 227-239.

Thomas, F. N. (2003, Jan/Feb). ...And justice for all: Social justice in MFT training programs. Supervision Bulletin, pp. 34-36.

Ungar, M. (2006). Practicing as a postmodern supervisor. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 32, 59-71.