Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Is there more to clinical supervision than our current theories and methods can provide? Whether we intend them to be or not, our mentoring practices are personally formative for supervisees and supervisors alike. Developing Clinicians of Character grounds our thinking in the historic and contemporary wisdom of virtue ethics and grows out of a love for the practice of clinical supervision. It aims to identify and strengthen supervision's important role for character formation in the classroom, in continuing education for practitioners, and in clinical settings. After an overview of the role of character formation in clinical supervision, Developing Clinicians of Character examines each classical Christian virtue in turn, its corresponding professional ethical aspiration, and how we can use the practices of clinical supervision and spiritual formation together to foster character formation for Christian maturity and Christlikeness. Dr. Terri S. Watson welcomes and equips you to excel in "the helping profession within a helping profession" as you provide clinical supervision for other mental health workers in counseling, psychology, and marriage and family therapy. This book will shape your own character through spiritual disciplines in the classical virtues--and outward in expanding circles of encouragement, formation, and healing. -- ‡c From publisher's description.

Contemporary clinical supervision: an overview -- A Christian integrative framework for clinical supervision -- Faith: belief and trust -- Hope: a steadfast turning -- Love: relational competence and ethic of care -- Practical wisdom: competence and ethical decision making -- Justice: diversity competence, hospitality, and openness to the other -- Temperance: reflective practice -- Courage: professional endurance and integrity -- Personal and spiritual formation in counseling, psychology, and MFT education.