What are Psychological Therapists experiences of EMDR supervision?
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) A qualitative analysis of Psychological therapists experiences of having EMDR clinical supervision after EMDR training.
IRAS ID
272731
Contact name
Helen Clare Lycett
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Worcester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
Aim:
This study aims to explore the experiences of 6 Psychological therapists having regular clinical supervision after basic EMDR training across North Wales Psychology department.I am currently an accredited Europe EMDR practitioner. Currently practitioners only receive peer supervision. The aim of this study would be to find out how to structure the EMDR clinical supervision group and how practitioners could develop from attending this group
At present my area of work does not provide any EMDR supervision. This is as a result of only just starting to train therapists in EMDR and because of cost implications. I am aware of my own stresses in the workplace and the risk of vicarious trauma, which is why I feel it should be made mandatory for therapists who have had EMDR training to have EMDR accredited clinical supervision regularly. Within the existing literature there does not appear to be any existing model of clinical supervision specific to EMDR. However I feel that in the future EMDR could become more structured if we begin to use the EMDR Clinical Supervision Process Model (Farrell, 2013; adapted from Hawkins & Shohet, 1989/2012). This particular model appears to specifically relate to all the core attributes involved in EMDR as a psychotherapeutic intervention.
In Wales there has been no additional funding to set up a specific service. Recently the Welsh government assembly have been re-designing services to meet psychology therapy services needs, without additional funding for accredited EMDR clinical supervision.
McSherry and Pearce (2002) suggest that "clinical supervision is about developing a framework within which staff can identify and explore issues surrounding the quality of the care delivered."
This framework should also enable staff to identify their education and training needs, allowing them to improve their clinical competence (Faugier and Butterworth 1994).REC name
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