ABSTRACT
Historically, the most common way of conducting supervision was for the supervisee and supervisor to meet together to discuss the work in prospect or to review work carried out. This practice continues to be popular, and in clinical psychology training in the UK it is still possible, although rare, to qualify after three years of training without having one’s practice seen and without having seen a supervisor working (Scott and Spellman, 1992). Although the technologies for making recordings have improved significantly in recent years, verbal recounting continues to be the most commonly used supervision format, despite supervisors rating its effectiveness lowest (Wetchler, Piercy and Sprenkle, 1989; McCarthy, Kulakowski and Kenfield, 1994).
