Supervision

Supervision holds a central role for the training and the continuous development of counselors and other helping professionals. Standards established by accrediting bodies for the training of counselors emphasize that the preparation of students in this domain should occur under intensive supervision (CACREP, 2009).

Supervision is a very common task that most practitioners are likely to perform at some point in their career (Bernard & Goodyear, 2009). Professional codes of ethics address this issue by recommending supervisors to continuously improve their abilities in this domain.

In line with its mission to promote professionalism and quality assurance in counseling, EBCC developed in collaboration with CCE a certification program that aims to equip supervisors with the basic knowledge, skills and techniques of supervision. This program can equally benefit practitioners from all helping professions with no supervision experience, and supervisors who have not previously had training in this field. It is designed to introduce counselors, as well as other professionals and paraprofessionals to the domain of supervision.

The certification program includes participation to the training “Basics of Supervision in Helping Professions”, a thorough evaluation process and pre-requisites. A successful completion of all requirements leads to a recognition as a Certified Supervision Professional.