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A Study of Clinical Supervision Techniques and Training in Substance Abuse Treatment
Author(s) -
West Paul L.,
Hamm Terri
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2012.00005.x
Subject(s) - substance abuse , certification , substance abuse treatment , clinical supervision , psychology , scope (computer science) , quality (philosophy) , medical education , psychiatry , medicine , psychotherapist , philosophy , epistemology , political science , computer science , law , programming language
Data from 57 clinical supervisors in licensed substance abuse treatment programs indicate that 28% had completed formal graduate course work in clinical supervision and 33% were professionally licensed or certified. Findings raise concerns about the scope and quality of clinical supervision available to substance abuse counselors.