CERTIFIED CLINICAL SUPERVISOR EXAM -D.J POWELL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. Clinical Supervision
Answer:
A disciplined, tutorial process wherein principles are transformed into practical skills with 4 overlapping
focus: administrative, evaluative, clinical, supportive
Question:
2. What are the 4 overlapping foci of clinical supervision
Answer:
Administrative, evaluative, clinical, supportive.
Question:
3. What are 3 main purposes of counselor supervision
Answer:
1- to nurture counselor professional development (and personal development as appropriate) 2- to promote
development of specialized skills and competencies to bring about measurable outcomes 3- to raise level of
accountability in services and programs
Question:
4. What are the two main stages of evaluation?
Bonus: how should the evaluation leave the supervisee feeling?
Answer:
1) Goal setting
2) feedback —clear, timely, constructive
Should leave them feeling positively motivated for growth rather than obstruct improved performance by
reducing energy and limiting risk taking
Question:
5. How does the supervisor incorporate case management into supervision/ within the supervisory
relationship?
Answer:
Within clinical function of supervision as a consultant: solicits supervisee needs; stimulates discussion of
clinical problems; encourages -visee to devise strategies and interventions, offers alternative
conceptualization and interventions
Question:
6. Administrative supervision
Answer:
Planning, organizing, coordinating and delegating tasks, selecting and assisting staff, determining clinical
and administrative privileges
,Question:
7. Evaluative supervision
Answer:
Asses counselor skills, clarify performance standards, negotiate objectives for learning, use appropriate
sanctions for job performance impairment and skill deficits
Question:
8. Clinical Supervision
Answer:
Developing counselor knowledge and skills, identifying learning issues and problems, determining
counselor strengths and weaknesses, promote self awareness and professional/personal growth, transmit
knowledge for practical use. Teacher, mentor, trainer, professional role model
Question:
9. Supportive supervision
Answer:
Hand-holding, cheerleading, coaching, morale building, burnout prevention, and encouragement of
personal growth
Question:
10. Leadership abilities
Answer:
Establish trust; serve as team leader; define and set department and organizational goals; inspire staff;
communicate enthusiasm and capability; keep up morale; take appropriate risks and be decisive in action;
change according to needs; have vision, drive, clear judgment, and maturity; exercise contril
Question:
11. Management abilities
Answer:
Get work done thru staff; make effective use or resources; get results in goals and objectives; control thru
command; identify, analyze, and solve problems; adapt to change; organize work as needed; intervene to
bring positive results; see all aspects of operations
Question:
12. Supervision abilities
Answer:
To know responsibilities of staff; communicate these clearly; use the performance appraisal system
effectively; write clear job descriptions and quarterly/annual goal and work statements; manage time
effectively; delegate responsibilities; promote professional development
Question:
13. Command-control structure
Answer:
A structure of organizational management based on heirarchies, pyramid structure; top down
communication where the goal is to satisfy management and climb to the top instead of improve
organizational goals and outcomes. Please the boss, not the customer
,Question:
14. Networked, team based structure
Answer:
A structure of organizational management that is based on the big picture instead of linear thinking;
flattened with decentralized functions, based on outcomes. Core competencies. All employees interact with
customers and are encouraged to do this; functional relationships instead of department silos
Question:
15. Servant leadership
Answer:
The leader is at the foundation of the enterprise, supporting, not directing the teams that design and
implement the tasks.
Question:
16. 6 major organizational stakeholders
Answer:
Owners, employees, customers, vendors, competitors, community.
Question:
17. Describe the common features of the new work environment
Answer:
Camaraderie (laughter in the halls, parties); deemphasis on politics (mutual respect and shared goals
instead), growth values (truth, risk taking, authentic communication, connectedness, employee
empowerment); family and community (healthy, shared table time, eating together)
Question:
18. The 4 As of supervision
Answer:
Available: open, receptive, trusting, nonthreatening Accessible: easy to approach and speak freely with
Able: having real knowledge and skills to transmit Affable: pleasant, friendly, reassuring
Question:
19. 10 dimensions of effectiveness
Answer:
Empathy, respect, genuineness, concreteness, confrontation, self disclosure, immediacy, warmth, potency,
and self actualization
Question:
20. Common examples of Psychopharmacology
Answer:
MAT: methadone (full agonist), buprenorphine (partial agonist), naltrexone (full antagonist)
Question:
21. Insight Oriented Psychotherapy
Answer:
Motivational Enhancement Therapy Stages of change (Motivational Interviewing) 12 steps Minnesota
model
, Question:
22. Describe the philosophical foundation of the blended model of clinical supervision
Answer:
People have the ability to bring about change with assistance
People don't always know what's best for them, they may be blinded by their resistance
The key to growth is to blend insight and behavioral change at the right amounts and times
Change is constant and inevitable
Concentrate on what is changeable
It is not necessary To know a great deal abt the problem to resolve it
There are many correct ways to view the world
Question:
23. Descriptive dimensions (common factors)
Answer:
Influential
Symbolic Structural
Replicative
Counselor in treatment promote recovery process; if it interferes refer them to tx
Information gathering
Jurisdictional
Relationship
Strategy
Question:
24. Clinical Supervisor roles
Answer:
Teacher Coach Mentor Consultant All these roles center around the relationship
Question:
25. Level 1 stage of counselor development
Answer:
Question:
26. Level 2 stage of counselor development
Answer:
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. Clinical Supervision
Answer:
A disciplined, tutorial process wherein principles are transformed into practical skills with 4 overlapping
focus: administrative, evaluative, clinical, supportive
Question:
2. What are the 4 overlapping foci of clinical supervision
Answer:
Administrative, evaluative, clinical, supportive.
Question:
3. What are 3 main purposes of counselor supervision
Answer:
1- to nurture counselor professional development (and personal development as appropriate) 2- to promote
development of specialized skills and competencies to bring about measurable outcomes 3- to raise level of
accountability in services and programs
Question:
4. What are the two main stages of evaluation?
Bonus: how should the evaluation leave the supervisee feeling?
Answer:
1) Goal setting
2) feedback —clear, timely, constructive
Should leave them feeling positively motivated for growth rather than obstruct improved performance by
reducing energy and limiting risk taking
Question:
5. How does the supervisor incorporate case management into supervision/ within the supervisory
relationship?
Answer:
Within clinical function of supervision as a consultant: solicits supervisee needs; stimulates discussion of
clinical problems; encourages -visee to devise strategies and interventions, offers alternative
conceptualization and interventions
Question:
6. Administrative supervision
Answer:
Planning, organizing, coordinating and delegating tasks, selecting and assisting staff, determining clinical
and administrative privileges
,Question:
7. Evaluative supervision
Answer:
Asses counselor skills, clarify performance standards, negotiate objectives for learning, use appropriate
sanctions for job performance impairment and skill deficits
Question:
8. Clinical Supervision
Answer:
Developing counselor knowledge and skills, identifying learning issues and problems, determining
counselor strengths and weaknesses, promote self awareness and professional/personal growth, transmit
knowledge for practical use. Teacher, mentor, trainer, professional role model
Question:
9. Supportive supervision
Answer:
Hand-holding, cheerleading, coaching, morale building, burnout prevention, and encouragement of
personal growth
Question:
10. Leadership abilities
Answer:
Establish trust; serve as team leader; define and set department and organizational goals; inspire staff;
communicate enthusiasm and capability; keep up morale; take appropriate risks and be decisive in action;
change according to needs; have vision, drive, clear judgment, and maturity; exercise contril
Question:
11. Management abilities
Answer:
Get work done thru staff; make effective use or resources; get results in goals and objectives; control thru
command; identify, analyze, and solve problems; adapt to change; organize work as needed; intervene to
bring positive results; see all aspects of operations
Question:
12. Supervision abilities
Answer:
To know responsibilities of staff; communicate these clearly; use the performance appraisal system
effectively; write clear job descriptions and quarterly/annual goal and work statements; manage time
effectively; delegate responsibilities; promote professional development
Question:
13. Command-control structure
Answer:
A structure of organizational management based on heirarchies, pyramid structure; top down
communication where the goal is to satisfy management and climb to the top instead of improve
organizational goals and outcomes. Please the boss, not the customer
,Question:
14. Networked, team based structure
Answer:
A structure of organizational management that is based on the big picture instead of linear thinking;
flattened with decentralized functions, based on outcomes. Core competencies. All employees interact with
customers and are encouraged to do this; functional relationships instead of department silos
Question:
15. Servant leadership
Answer:
The leader is at the foundation of the enterprise, supporting, not directing the teams that design and
implement the tasks.
Question:
16. 6 major organizational stakeholders
Answer:
Owners, employees, customers, vendors, competitors, community.
Question:
17. Describe the common features of the new work environment
Answer:
Camaraderie (laughter in the halls, parties); deemphasis on politics (mutual respect and shared goals
instead), growth values (truth, risk taking, authentic communication, connectedness, employee
empowerment); family and community (healthy, shared table time, eating together)
Question:
18. The 4 As of supervision
Answer:
Available: open, receptive, trusting, nonthreatening Accessible: easy to approach and speak freely with
Able: having real knowledge and skills to transmit Affable: pleasant, friendly, reassuring
Question:
19. 10 dimensions of effectiveness
Answer:
Empathy, respect, genuineness, concreteness, confrontation, self disclosure, immediacy, warmth, potency,
and self actualization
Question:
20. Common examples of Psychopharmacology
Answer:
MAT: methadone (full agonist), buprenorphine (partial agonist), naltrexone (full antagonist)
Question:
21. Insight Oriented Psychotherapy
Answer:
Motivational Enhancement Therapy Stages of change (Motivational Interviewing) 12 steps Minnesota
model
, Question:
22. Describe the philosophical foundation of the blended model of clinical supervision
Answer:
People have the ability to bring about change with assistance
People don't always know what's best for them, they may be blinded by their resistance
The key to growth is to blend insight and behavioral change at the right amounts and times
Change is constant and inevitable
Concentrate on what is changeable
It is not necessary To know a great deal abt the problem to resolve it
There are many correct ways to view the world
Question:
23. Descriptive dimensions (common factors)
Answer:
Influential
Symbolic Structural
Replicative
Counselor in treatment promote recovery process; if it interferes refer them to tx
Information gathering
Jurisdictional
Relationship
Strategy
Question:
24. Clinical Supervisor roles
Answer:
Teacher Coach Mentor Consultant All these roles center around the relationship
Question:
25. Level 1 stage of counselor development
Answer:
Question:
26. Level 2 stage of counselor development
Answer:
