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Essay / Ethical Standards of Competence - 1219
Overall, ethical standards regarding competence are essential to ensure that a clinically competent supervisor provides sufficient knowledge and training experiences to help the supervisee acquire skills in a supportive context, while monitoring the treatment received by the client (Thomas, 2014, Wise & Cellucci, 2014). When Watkins (2011) examined the contribution of psychotherapeutic supervision to patient outcomes across 18 supervision outcome studies spanning from 1981 to 2011. These 30 years of supervision outcome research have not been in able to provide more information on the contribution of psychotherapeutic supervision to patient outcomes due to poorly identified studies and various methodological deficits in investigations. However, Watkins (2011) indicated that the study conducted by Bambling, King, Raue, Schweitzer, and Lambert (2006) was the largest research aimed at directly investigating the effects of supervision and outcomes for depressed patients with depression major. They reported that psychotherapy supervision favorably affected client outcomes. Patients in supervised treatment, as opposed to those in unsupervised treatment, reported higher satisfaction with treatment, better working alliance, higher symptom reduction, and greater likelihood of continuing treatment. treatment. Additionally, a recent study showed that more recent graduates were associated with better client outcomes due to the recent increased emphasis on supervision (Wrape, Callahan, Ruggero, & Watkins, 2015). These studies demonstrate the importance of the ability to adhere to ethical standards in providing high-quality care to clients. According to ethical standards, clinical supervisors are responsible for ensuring the competence of their work and protecting..... . middle of paper......standards are not enough to solve complex problems. For example, the APA does not provide specific instructions or substantive guidance regarding the degree of training, supervised experience, consultation, or study sufficient for clinical psychologists who have no supervisory experience to supervise other people in the file. Additionally, what is the basis for judging whether a clinical psychologist is competent to provide training while ensuring that the client receives high-quality care? These are the questions that come to mind when reading the ethical standards. That being said, although these standards are not perfect, they serve as a guideline for psychologists in this area of help. At a minimum, this serves as a funnel to prevent these unethical individuals from practicing this profession in order to protect the vulnerable population..