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Zooming in on CBT Supervision: A Comparison of Two Levels of Effectiveness Evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2008

Derek Milne ,
Elizabeth Kennedy ,
Helen Todd ,
Chiara Lombardo ,
Mark Freeston  and
Ann Day
Derek Milne*
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, UK
Elizabeth Kennedy
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, UK
Helen Todd
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, UK
Chiara Lombardo
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, UK
Mark Freeston
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, UK
Ann Day
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, UK
*
Reprint requests to Derek Milne, Centre for Applied Psychology, University of Newcastle, Ridley Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. E-mail: d.l.milne@ncl.ac.uk
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Abstract

Clinical supervision is of growing importance professionally, but instruments to measure its effectiveness are scarce. Based on the observational instrument Teachers' PETS, two complementary levels of outcome measurement were used to analyse supervisory effectiveness, namely momentary time sampling (i.e. a micro-analysis of frequencies) and the more molar “change episodes”. Ten audio-taped sessions of routine (baseline; N = 5) and CBT supervision (N = 5; i.e. the intervention phase) were coded with both measures, to assess their relative sensitivity to this manipulation. Improved supervisee learning was detected during the intervention phase by both measures. However, a retrospective comparison between the data within these change episodes and the accompanying non-episode data indicated that the micro level of analysis provided a more sensitive measure of supervisory effectiveness. Technical and conceptual issues arise.

Keywords

CBT supervisioneffectivenessmicro-process analysis
Type
Brief Clinical Reports
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 619 - 624
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2008

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