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Originally Posted by Thalassophile
That's really good that supervision is compulsory in the UK no matter how experienced you are! Makes sense and must be very helpful for therapist and their clients. Does anyone know if it is the same in North America?
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I know it's not the same in the US. My current T (he's been in practice 17 years) does not get supervision, but he meets regularly with a consulting group of other T's so they can discuss cases. And I know he's consulted individually with another T on cases, too (I know this because it was my ex-marriage counselor with whom he was consulting, as they used to work together and both work with teens). And in my ex-MC/ex-T's practice, they had a weekly clinical meeting, where they could discuss difficult cases. But no actual supervision.
I know supervision is required when a T is in training, like a psychologist (PhD) or social worker (LCSW) would need a certain number of hours of supervised sessions. And I think they have to do their own therapy as part of training. But to my knowledge, it's not continuous throughout their careers like in the UK.