Round table discussion

Training and supervision in CBT

S201 (Prof. Tomaszewski's Lecture Hall), 11 November, 16:30-17:30

Moderator: Agnieszka Popiel, Outpatient Clinic and Postgraduate School of CBT at SWPS University

For a supervisor, accompanying the development of psychotherapists during their training is an intellectual adventure, an honour, and a challenge. However, the area of supervision is still one of the least researched topics. Rather than speaking about evidence-based supervision, we are at the point of supervision-based evidence. Therefore, the panel will serve as a platform for sharing opinions of experts in the field, such as experienced clinicians, supervisors, and teachers of psychotherapy, who have international experience in teaching psychotherapy and supervision but bring entirely different CBT traditions from their own countries. During our 60-minute discussion we will focus on the following issues:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of existing regulations - training standards for therapists and for supervisors?
What are the essential skills of a supervisor? (Should each of the modern cognitive-behavioral therapies – DBT, schema therapy, and ACT – have their "own" supervisors, or are there supervisor skills (features) that allow therapists to help, regardless of the specific form of treatment?)
What are the most important aspects of effective supervision?