Clinical Supervision Approaches Toolkit | The Integration Institute

Clinical Supervision Approaches Toolkit

Five supervision models—when to use each, how to teach it, and how to know if it's working.

Pick the right approach for the supervisee's readiness, not your comfort.

For Whom

For supervisors who completed a previously-approved training and want to move beyond "here's how I supervise" into flexing their approach based on what the supervisee actually needs to learn.

Why Approaches Matter

R156-60e supervisors often default to the approach they were trained in—which usually works fine for some people and fails for others. Knowing five solid approaches, and knowing when to switch between them, is the difference between productive supervision and sessions that just happen.

This toolkit walks you through five clinically sound approaches, gives you language to introduce each one, and shows you what to look for to know if the approach is landing.

The five approaches included:

Didactic Teaching new skills or content the supervisee doesn't yet have
Consultative Problem-solving a specific case or challenge together
Collaborative Reviewing the supervisee's own clinical decision-making
Reflective Helping the supervisee examine their own responses and patterns
Evaluative Assessing competency and readiness against the license standards

What's Inside

One-page reference card for each approach (what it is, when you'd use it)
Opening language for introducing each approach to a supervisee
Red flags—how to know the approach isn't landing and it's time to switch
Sample supervision sessions showing approach in action
Flexibility checklist: matching approaches to supervisee readiness

Clinical Supervision Approaches Toolkit

For Whom

Why Approaches Matter

What's Inside

Supervision Gets Better When Approaches Flex

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